Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa will visit Israel and Jordan later this week, in the latest effort to help calm the intensifying war between the Middle Eastern country and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
Japan decides to freeze the assets of nine individuals, including members of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, and a related company, imposing sanctions on the organization amid its war against Israel.
Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa says Japan will continue considering providing further aid to the Gaza Strip, which is facing a deepening humanitarian crisis amid the war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
A growing number of Japanese firms orders their employees based in Israel to return home over concern for their safety amid the country's ongoing conflict with the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
An Air Self-Defense Force airplane arrives in Djibouti in East Africa in preparation for the possible evacuation of Japanese citizens from Israel amid the country's war with Palestinian militant group Hamas.