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Information related to the Jewish community of Japan.

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• Anti-Semitism of Japan's Aum Shinrikyo: A Dangerous Revival

  http://www.sullivan-county.com/id3/aum.htm
  Article by Ely Karmon outlining the views of Aum Shinrikyo towards the Jewish people. Academic article and bibliography provided.

• Books In Review: Jews in the Japanese Mind

  http://www.leaderu.com/ftissues/ft9512/reviews/japanese.html
  Book review of Jews in the Japanese Mind by David G. Goodman and Masanori Miyazawa. Outlines both anti-Semitism and philo-Semitism in Japan.

• Chabad of Tokyo

  http://www.chabad.jp/
  Event of the center of the capital to have kosher shabat and festivals.

• Chabad Tokyo Japan

  http://www.chabadjapan.org/
  Chabad Jewish community center Tokyo Japan.

• Jewish Community of Japan

  http://www.jccjapan.or.jp/
  The Japanese community information source for Jewish Japonese or tourists. Tokyo.

• Jewish Community of Kansai

  http://www.jcckobe.org/
  Information about Jewish life in the city. Kobe City.

• On Ignorance, Respect and Suspicion: Current Japanese Attitudes towards Jews

  http://sicsa.huji.ac.il/11kowner.htm
  Academic article by Rotem Kowner analyzing historical and current views of Jews by Japanese. Includes empirical analysis.

• The Holocaust Album

  http://www.rongreene.com/sugihara.html
  History of Chiune and Yukiko Sugihara's role in saving 6,000 Jews during World War II. Includes detailed historical account and photographs.

• The Jews and the Japanese: Cultural Traits and Common Values

  http://www.jpri.org/publications/occasionalpapers/op6.html
  Text of speech by Ben-Ami Shillony given at the first Jewish and Japanese-American Conference. Speech outlines the commonalities between Jews and Japanese.

• The Jews of Japan

  http://www.jcpa.org/jl/jl425.htm
  Article by Daniel Ari Kapner and Stephen Levine about the history of Judaism in Japan.

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