Israel vs Japan: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Israel and Japan vote the same way at the UN General Assembly? Agreement over every shared roll-call vote since 1946, by year, decade, and topic — plus the resolutions where they split.
Overall agreement
47.3%
of 5,323 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 57.8% | 135 |
| 1960 | 66.0% | 485 |
| 1970 | 56.5% | 866 |
| 1980 | 51.6% | 1,264 |
| 1990 | 43.7% | 772 |
| 2000 | 37.1% | 902 |
| 2010 | 33.9% | 898 |
| 2020 | 100.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 6.4% | 1,011 |
| Nuclear weapons | 39.1% | 829 |
| Disarmament | 48.7% | 1,063 |
| Colonialism | 29.4% | 821 |
| Human rights | 45.2% | 952 |
| Economic development | 56.4% | 677 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Israel | Japan |
|---|---|---|---|
A/RES/ES-10/19 Status of Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-21 | no | yes |
A/RES/72/15 Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-11-30 | no | yes |
A/RES/72/14 Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-11-30 | no | yes |
A/RES/72/12 Special information programme on the question of Palestine of the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-11-30 | no | yes |
A/RES/72/4 Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-11-01 | no | yes |
R/70/5 | 2015-10-27 | no | yes |
R/69/5 | 2014-10-28 | no | yes |
R/68/8 CUBA--UNITED STATES | 2013-10-29 | no | yes |
R/67/19 PALESTINE QUESTION | 2012-11-29 | no | yes |
R/67/4 CUBA--UNITED STATES | 2012-11-13 | no | yes |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Israel and Japan vote together at the UN?
Israel and Japan voted the same way in 47.3% of 5,323 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Israel and Japan agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Israel and Japan are split: they voted the same way in 45.2% of 952 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Israel and Japan last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-21 Israel voted "no" and Japan voted "yes" on A/RES/ES-10/19 (Status of Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).