Japan–Palestine relations

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Before Japan and Palestine established official relations, one serious incident was triggered. Three Japanese Red Army terrorists, in coordination with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, killed 26 people in an indiscriminate shooting at the passenger terminal of Lod Airport on May 30, 1972.[https://israeled.org/26-killed-in-lod-airport-massacre/ 26 Killed in Lod Airport Massacre | CIE]

Initially, a Palestine Liberation Organization office was opened in Tokyo in 1977.[https://www.mofa.go.jp/region/middle_e/palestine/data.html#:~:text=Japan%20supports%20a%20two-state%20solution%20whereby%20Israel%20and,2.3%20billion%20US%20dollars%20in%20total%20since%201993. Japan-Palestine Relations (Basic Data)]

Yasser Arafat, Chairman of the PLO and later President of the State of Palestine, paid an official visit to Japan in October 1981.[https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1981/10/13/japan-uneasily-welcomes-arafat-on-visit-set-before-sadats-death/237b9b94-48f4-435a-bbf4-3cbc2d459d06/ Japan Uneasily Welcomes Arafat on Visit Set before Sadat's Death - The Washington Post][https://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/news-photo/chairman-yasser-arafat-attending-a-press-conference-in-news-photo/1189380627 PLO chairman Yasser Arafat attending a press conference in Tokyo,... News Photo - Getty Images]

Arafat paid additional four visits to Japan between 1996 and 2000.

Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama also paid a visit, the first of its kind, to the Palestinian Authority in 1995. In October 2001, former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto denied the existence of a direct link between the roots of international terrorism and the Palestinian people's struggle for their legitimate rights and called on Israel to implement international resolutions to advance the peace process.

President Mahmoud Abbas met with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the Akasaka Palace in Tokyo on October 21, 2019, and attended the enthronement ceremony of the Japanese Emperor on the following day.[https://www.kantei.go.jp/jp/98_abe/actions/201910/21kaidan_01.html 令和元年10月21日 即位礼正殿の儀参列者との二国間会談等（1） | 令和元年 | 総理の一日 | ニュース | 首相官邸ホームページ] (Japanese)

Japan is actively providing assistance to the Palestinians.{{Cite web|url=https://arab.news/2ed75|title=Japan government announces $39m assistance to Palestinian people|date=February 17, 2023|website=Arab News}} During the period 1993–2002, economic aid was provided, totaling US$630 million, at an annual average of US$85 million, through UNRWA, the United Nations Development Programme and UNICEF.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ytePDwAAQBAJ&dq=%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA+%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%A9+%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%B1+%D8%B9%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%AA&pg=PA260|title=السياسات الخارجية للقوى الآسيوية الكبرى تجاه المنطقة العربية|first=عدنان خلف حميد|last=البدراني|date=January 1, 2016|publisher=Al Manhal|isbn=9796500257945 |via=Google Books}}

During early July 2023, Israeli forces repeatedly attacked the Jenin refugee camp, wounding and killing innocent Palestinian civilians and destroying their homes.[https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/7/3/two-palestinians-killed-as-israel-attacks-west-bank-city-of-jenin Nine Palestinians killed as Israel attacks Jenin refugee camp | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera] Around a month later, on August 15, the Government of Japan decided to provide an emergency grant aid of US$1 million through UNRWA to support the Jenin camp.[https://www.mofa.go.jp/press/release/press7e_000028.html Emergency Grant Aid for Humanitarian Assistance in the Jenin Refugee Camp in Palestine | Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan]

• Foreign relations of Japan
• Foreign relations of Palestine
• {{illm|Representative Office of Japan, Ramallah|ar|ممثلية اليابان لدى فلسطين|ja|対パレスチナ暫定自治政府日本国政府代表事務所}}
• General Mission of Palestine, Tokyo
• Japan–Arab League relations

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• [https://www.ps.emb-japan.go.jp/itprtop_en/ Representative Office of Japan to Palestine]
• [http://www.palst-jp.com/eg/eg_top.html General Mission of Palestine in Japan]
• [https://www.un.org/unispal/country/japan/ Japan Archives - Question of Palestine]

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