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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met yesterday (Tuesday) at his office in Jerusalem with a delegation of parliament members from Japan.

The Prime Minister welcomed the delegation members on their visit to the country, and thanked them for standing by Israel throughout the war.

During the meeting, the Prime Minister discussed regional challenges and the promotion of cooperation between the countries with the delegation members.

Photo: Haim Tzach, GPO

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, this evening , at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, met with a delegation of Japanese Members of Parliament.
 
The Prime Minister welcomed the members of the delegation on their visit to israel and thanked them for standing by Israel throughout the war.
 
The Prime Minister and the delegation members discussed regional challenges and the promotion of bilateral cooperation.
 

By Pesach Benson • January 15, 2026

Jerusalem, 15 January, 2026 (TPS-IL) — An Israeli-Japanese breakthrough in quantum particles brings science one step closer to reliable quantum computers. A team of scientists from Israel’s Weizmann Institute and Japan’s National Institute of Materials Science found particles that can “remember” what happened in previous quantum interactions.

The research focused on non-Abelian anyons, exotic quantum particles that appear in ultra-thin materials under extreme conditions and can store information by “remembering” the order in which they move around each other, making them promising building blocks for error-resistant quantum computers.

The study, published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature, showed evidence of non-Abelian anyons in bilayer graphene, a material made of two ultra-thin layers of carbon atoms.

“For the first time, we have experimental evidence of particles that behave like non-Abelian anyons,” said Dr. Yuval Ronen, head of the research team. “This research takes us another step toward building quantum computers that are fault-tolerant and more useful beyond narrow research experiments.”

Anyons were first predicted in the 1980s, but only simpler “Abelian anyons” had been observed. Non-Abelian anyons are more complex: they not only change a quantum property called the wave function when swapped, they also change its shape, which encodes memory of previous actions.

Quantum computers use qubits, which can exist in multiple states at once. This gives them the potential to solve problems that today’s computers cannot. But qubits are very fragile: tiny disturbances can destroy the information they hold. Non-Abelian anyons could solve this problem because they store information across the entire system of particles instead of in a single particle, making them much less sensitive to errors.

“The replacement of non-Abelian anyons leaves a trace in the system’s wave function,” Ronen explained. “If we swap three of these particles in one order, we get a different result than if we swap them in another order. This ability to remember the sequence is exactly what allows them to store information.”

To study the particles, the team guided them along precise loop paths in bilayer graphene and measured the resulting patterns in electrical resistance — a method inspired by a 19th-century light experiment. Surprisingly, the scientists found the particles carried half an electron’s charge instead of the expected quarter, suggesting that two non-Abelian anyons were moving together.

“We haven’t been able to separate them yet, but this is an important step toward observing these particles directly,” Dr. Ronen said. “The next challenge is to see exactly how each order of particle exchanges produces a unique signature. That will bring us closer to fault-tolerant quantum computers.”

According to the researchers, even storing the state of just 300 qubits would require a classical computer to remember more than 34 quintillion numbers, showing just how extraordinary the potential of these particles is for the future of computing.

If fully harnessed, non-Abelian anyons could make quantum computers much more powerful and reliable. They could solve problems that are impossible for classical computers, from predicting chemical reactions for new drugs and materials to improving weather forecasts. They could also strengthen cybersecurity with new types of encryption and advance fundamental science by revealing new quantum behaviors.

(Communicated by the President’s Spokesperson)

Monday, 12 January 2026 / 23 Tevet 5786
 

Yesterday, Monday, 12 January 2026, President Isaac Herzog met with Japan’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Motegi Toshimitsu, at the President’s Residence in jerusalem. President Herzog welcomed Foreign Minister Motegi to Israel, a visit that signifies the deepening ties between Israel and Japan.

During their meeting, President Herzog and Foreign Minister Motegi discussed the importance of implementing President Trump’s Peace Plan in Gaza, including the urgent need for the last hostage still held in Gaza—Staff Sgt. Ran Gvili—to be returned home to Israel. President Herzog and Foreign Minister Motegi also discussed how to further strengthen bilateral relations across the fields of innovation, technology, science, security, and tourism.

President Herzog: “Welcome, Foreign Minister, dear friend. It’s not the first time that you are here, not the first time that we are meeting, and I want to congratulate you on re-entering the position of Foreign Minister of Japan. I believe now the circumstances are such that we can enhance for both nations our relations in so many spheres to impact both our economies—doing good in the world together. I think we can have strategic partnerships that encompass many fields, and I think that the joint interests of our nations on various topics, including security, including science, including technology, can surpass all the targets that we’ve met in the past, and I think we can exit from the standstill that we had now towards the direction of improving both our relations and our mutual economic ties. So thank you very much for coming here, and we will end by crying out loud for the return of our missing hostage, the last one, Ran Gvili, whose family is waiting for his return and, of course, for better stability and a future of peace in the Day After in the region.

“I want to add that we look forward to the involvement of Japan in the Day After, planning the implementation of President Trump’s initiative, which was approved by the Security Council, and this is the basis for disarming Hamas and moving forward and giving hope to the children of Gaza so that they can live a decent life like the children of the region and the world. And of course, we believe that one thing has to be made clear: terror is out of the question. We will fight terror, and all regional efforts that we are carrying out are aimed at dismantling the capabilities of terror and enabling a better future for the region.”

Foreign Minister Motegi: “It is an honor to meet you again. Your Excellency, I remember our last meeting, which was four years ago when I visited here in Israel last time. Let me express my deepest condolences to the victims of the October 7th terrorist attack. Japan has strongly condemned the brutal act of terror committed by Hamas, and we also reiterate our position that Hamas must be disarmed. To improve the situation in Israel and Palestine, we believe that the steady implementation of the Comprehensive Plan is important, and Japan is ready to play an active role for that.”
 

Jerusalem, 12 January, 2026 (TPS-IL) — President Isaac Herzog met with Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu in Jerusalem, on Monday, where they discussed the implementation of U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza.

Herzog called for the urgent return of the last hostage held in Gaza, Police Staff Sgt. Ran Gvili, and stressed the need for regional stability and disarming Hamas.

The two also discussed advancing bilateral cooperation in technology, science, security, and tourism.

Jerusalem, 7 January, 2026 (TPS-IL) — Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said that he was “Glad to meet the largest ever delegation of members of both houses of Japan’s National Diet to Israel,” which he met at the ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem.

Sa’ar said he stressed the importance of Israel’s strategic partnership with Japan and its “will to deepen security ties.”

He also described the goal of the Hamas terror in Gaza, which he said is “eliminating the State of Israel,” and added that “If this terror state isn’t dismantled, the suffering of both Palestinians and Israelis will continue.”

“We’ll continue strengthening our close friendship with Japan!” declare Sa’ar on social media.

Jerusalem, 7 January, 2026 (TPS-IL) — Israeli digital health firm Yonalink has announced a strategic collaboration with Japan’s PSP Corporation to streamline the integration of electronic health record (EHR) data into electronic data capture (EDC) systems used in clinical trials.

Under the agreement, Tokyo-based PSP will contribute its cloud-based medical information and PACS technologies, while Tel Aviv-based Yonalink will deploy its automated EHR-to-EDC integration and data mapping platform. The collaboration aims to reduce manual data entry, improve accuracy, and accelerate clinical trial workflows in Japan.

The partnership marks Yonalink’s first expansion into Asia, alongside current operations in the United States and Europe.

Jerusalem, 6 January, 2026 (TPS-IL) — Prime Minister Netanyahu met in Jerusalem with a delegation of parliamentarians from Japan.

The Prime Minister congratulated the members of the delegation on their visit to Israel, and thanked them for standing by Israel throughout the war.

During the meeting, the Prime Minister discussed with the members of the delegation regional challenges and the promotion of cooperation between the countries.

Jerusalem, 21 October, 2025 (TPS-IL) — In a joint operation by the Northern District Police and Border Police soldiers as part of the effort to increase governance and deterrence in Arab communities, police arrived at the home of a Nazareth resident who is allegedly associated with crime in the north. Upon arrival at the home, the police identified a large object being thrown from the house towards the yard and, after examination, discovered that it was a safe containing over 1.1 million Shekels ($333,000) and another $90,000.

Meanwhile, in the same house, in addition to the money, an airsoft gun and several “operational” cellular devices were found, which were suspected of being used to commit various criminal offenses.

Two suspects were arrested for questioning.