KITAKATA Food Import Company, the official representative in Israel of ZEN-HON's rice division, now imports and markets Akita Komachi premium rice in Israel.
Residents gather to bathe in a makeshift public bath set up by soldiers sent in to help with relief work, an improvement from when people waited for an hour in the rain for 5 liters of water.
UNRWA’s role has long been criticized by Israel which alleges it has supported Hamas for years, an allegation the agency denies.
Japan aims to send an astronaut the moon in the next few years.
This year’s Aki-no Festival features movies by some of the most acclaimed Japanese directors and will be held at the Jerusalem Cinematheque and the Tel Aviv Cinematheque in January.
North and South Korea remain technically at war because the 1950-1953 Korean War ended in an armistice rather than a peace treaty.
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