List of ambassadors of Israel to Japan

This is a list of Israel's ambassadors to Japan. The ambassadors are based in Tokyo.

List of Ambassadors

Daniel Lewin (1960–1963)^[1]
Mordechai Shneerson (1963–1966)^[1]
Moshe Bartur (1966–1972)^[1]
Shaul Ramati (1974–1977)^[1]
Zvi Kedar (1978–1980)^[1]
Amnon Ben-Yochanan (1980–1985)^[1]
Yaacov Cohen (1985-1988)^[2]
Nahum Eshkol^[3]^[4]
Moshe Ben-Yaacov (1996–2000)^[1]
Yitzhak Leor (2000–2003)^[1]
Eli Cohen-Artzi (2004–2007)^[1]
Nissim Ben-Shetrit (2007–2013)^[1]
Ruth Kahanoff (2013–2017)^[1]
Yaffa Ben-Ari (2017–2021)^[1]
Gilad Cohen (2021– )^[5]

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