Jews and Judaism in modern Japan History of the Jews in Japan

after world war ii, large portion of few jews in japan left, many going become israel. of remained married locals , assimilated japanese society.

presently, there several hundred jewish families living in tokyo, , small number of jewish families in , around kobe. small number of jewish expatriates of other countries live throughout japan, temporarily, business, research, gap year, or variety of other purposes. there jewish members of united states armed forces serving on okinawa , in other american military bases throughout japan.

there community centers serving jewish communities in tokyo , kobe. chabad-lubavitch organization has 2 official centers in tokyo , in kobe , there additional chabad house run rabbi yehezkel binyomin edery.

in cultural domain, each year, hundreds, if not thousands, of jews visit chiune sugihara memorial museum located in yaotsu, gifu prefecture, in central japan. chiune sugihara s grave in kamakura place jewish visitors pay respect. sugihara s actions of issuing valid transit visas thought have saved lives of around 6,000 jews, fled across russia vladivostok , japan escape concentration camps. in same prefecture, many jews visit takayama city.