Jews in Japan: Presence and Perception: Antisemitism, Philosemitism and International Relations

Jews in Japan: Presence and Perception. Antisemitism, Philosemitism and International Relations is a study on the history of real and imagined Jews in Japan, which discusses the little known cultural, political and economic ties between Jews and Japan, and follows the evolution of Jewish stereotypes in Japan in the last century and a half.

The book begins with the arrival of Jews and their image in late 19^th to early 20^th-century Japan, when the seeds of later stereotyped visions were sown...