Japan, the Jews, and Israel : Similarities and Contrasts / Meron Medzini.

Although an ally of Nazi Germany during World War II, Japan adamantly refused to accede to German demands to deal harshly with the some 40,000 Jews living under its control. While there was anti-Semitism in Japan since the early 1920s, there was also philo-Semitism and great admiration for Jewish po...

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Main Author: Medzini, Meron (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Germany : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [2024]
Edition:First edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Acknowledgements
  • Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: When Did the Jews Arrive in Japan?
  • Chapter 2: Japan and the Jews: Initial Contacts
  • Chapter 3: 1905: The Japanese Elite Discover International Jewish Power
  • Chapter 4: The Bolshevik Revolution and Its Implications for Japan
  • Chapter 5: Japan and the Zionist Movement
  • Chapter 6: Japan and the Jews of Manchuria
  • Chapter 7: Japan and Jewish Refugees, 1933-1941
  • Chapter 8: The Sugihara Saga
  • Chapter 9: Japan's Jewish Policy during the Pacific War, 1941-1945
  • Chapter 10: The Jewish Question in Japan- Germany Relations, 1933-1945
  • Chapter 11: What Did the Japanese Know About the Holocaust?
  • Chapter 12: Japan Encounters the Holocaust
  • Chapter 13: Japan-Israel Relations, 1952-1990
  • Chapter 14: Holocaust Denial in Japan
  • Chapter 15: Japan-Israel Relations, 1990 to the Present
  • Chapter 16: What Do Japan and Israel Have in Common?
  • Chapter 17: What Does the Future Bode for Israel- Japan Relations?
  • Sources
  • Index for Japan, the Jews and Israel.