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 Japan |  Palestine |
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| Diplomatic mission | |
| Representative Office of Japan, Ramallah [ar;ja] | General Mission of Palestine, Tokyo |
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| AmbassadorYoichi Nakashima | AmbassadorWaleed Ali Siam [ar;ja] |
Japan–Palestine relations are the relations betweenJapan andPalestine.
Although the two countries have friendly relations, Japan does not recognize Palestine as a sovereign state but does recognize thePalestinian National Authority.
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Before Japan and Palestine established official relations, one serious incident was triggered. ThreeJapanese Red Army terrorists, in coordination with thePopular Front for the Liberation of Palestine,killed 26 people in an indiscriminate shooting at the passenger terminal ofLod Airport on May 30, 1972.[1]
Initially, aPalestine Liberation Organization office was opened inTokyo in 1977.[2]Yasser Arafat, Chairman of the PLO and laterPresident of the State of Palestine, paid an official visit to Japan in October 1981.[3][4] Arafat additionally visited Japan four times between 1996 and 2000.[5]
Japanese Prime MinisterTomiichi Murayama also paid a visit, the first of its kind, to the Palestinian Authority in 1995. In October 2001, former Prime MinisterRyutaro 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 onIsrael to implement international resolutions to advance the peace process.
PresidentMahmoud Abbas was among the international guests at theenthronement ceremony of Japanese EmperorNaruhito on October 22, 2019. Abbas met with Prime MinisterShinzo Abe at theAkasaka Palace in Tokyo on the eve of the enthronement.[6]
Japan is actively providing assistance to the Palestinians.[7] During the period 1993–2002, economic aid was provided, totaling US$630 million, at an annual average of US$85 million, throughUNRWA, theUnited Nations Development Programme andUNICEF.[5]
During early July 2023,Israeli forces repeatedly attacked theJenin refugee camp, wounding and killing innocent Palestinian civilians and destroying their homes.[8] Around a month later, on August 15, theGovernment of Japan decided to provide an emergency grant aid of US$1 million through UNRWA to support the Jenin camp.[9]
A statement released on August 5, 2025, byKoichi Takemasa andKatsuya Okada on the official website of theConstitutional Democratic Party of Japan stated that there was a need to recognize Palestine as an independent country in order to "urge Israel to implement an immediate ceasefire, to pressure for the full acceptance of humanitarian assistance in Palestine" [...] and to "support the establishment of an independent Palestinian state and a permanent peace" in the face of theGaza War.[10]
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