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The Japanese-Jewish common ancestry theory (日ユ同祖論, Nichiyu Dōsoron) is a fringe theory that appeared in the 17th century as a hypothesis which claimed the Japanese people were the main part of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel.
About 90 Japanese companies worked in 2023 in Israel, triple the number in 2014. [24] In 2023, Israel and Japan signed a "Work-Holiday" agreement which allows citizens of either country to work for up to a year in the other country. This agreement came in part due to Japanese interest in Israel's high technology sector and in Israel's human ...
Beit Shalom also holds concerts in the visitors' honor, presented by the Shachar Choir (Dawn Choir) composed of native Japanese members of the Sei Iesu Kai congregation. The choir sings songs in Hebrew for Israeli guests in order to "express the love of Israel and to promote friendship between Israel and Japan."
Makuya members visiting Israel. Makuya (幕 屋), based at the Tokyo Bible Seminary, is a new religious movement in Japan which was founded in 1948 by Ikurō Teshima.To grasp the inner truth of biblical religion, or the "Love of the Holy Spirit" as Teshima puts it, and extol this existential love by embodying it and living accordingly is the essence of the Makuyas' religious life.
Its New Testament translation, called the Interconfessional Translation Bible (Japanese: 共同訳聖書, Hepburn: Kyōdō Yaku Seisho) was completed in 1978. However, for example, its local pronunciation rule of the people and place names, such as "Yesusu" and "Paurosu" (), when used in worship, created some confusions and problems.
Despite this, the Japanese government cooperated with Jewish communities in aiding Jewish refugees of Russia after this revolution. [1] In the 1930s, antisemitism became more prevalent, due to pacts signed with Germany in 1936 and 1940, as well as propaganda campaigns to turn the Japanese public against the "Jewish peril." [2]
See Israel–Japan relations. The Japanese government refrained from appointing a Minister Plenipotentiary to Israel until 1955. Relations between the two states were distant at first, but after 1958, as demand no break occurred. This had been at the same time that OPEC had imposed an oil embargo against several countries, including Japan.
This Bible, however, contains Christian Greek Scriptures only. In 1982, a complete Japanese Bible, the 新世界訳聖書 (New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures), was released. [35] [36] By the end of the year, tens of thousands of copies had been printed in Japan. [37]