Kinue Tokudome, at The Blogs

Sep 19, 2024, 7:07 AM

Missed Opportunity for Japan-Israel Dialogue

Kinue Tokudome Recently, Japan inexplicably engaged in anti-Israel acts on two separate occasions. These actions not only strained diplomatic ties but also represented a missed opportunity for mutual reflection and understanding between the two nations on a human level. First, Nagasaki...

Jul 20, 2023, 10:21 AM

Coming Full Circle: Jewish POWs of Japan

Yokohama War Cemetery in Japan maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Only accessible by a short and winding path, the Yokohama War Cemetery is enshrouded by a thick row of trees that obscure it from the surrounding streets. As I walked to where the trees cleared, I was filled with...

Jun 3, 2023, 1:45 PM

The Enduring Legacies of Wallenberg and Sugihara

Presenting my book on Raoul Wallenberg to Mr. Yair Lapid. (Photo credit: Kinue Tokudome)

When my daughter and I arrived in Israel in March this year, tens of thousands of protesters against Judicial reform were taking to the streets. At a time of national crisis, we only had one day's notice when my...

About Me

Japanese writer living in California. Author of the Holocaust interview book, "Courage to Remember," a children's book on Raoul Wallenberg (co-authored with Rabbi Abraham Cooper), Japanese translation of Raul Hilberg's "The Politics of Memory," and Rabbi Kalman Samuels' "Dreams Never Dreamed." Many Japanese articles on American POWs of the Japanese during WWII, interesting people in Israel, and Japan-Israel relations.