Israel began its first joint business venture in diamonds with Japan on Wednesday.
A factory was opened in Beit She’an where Israelis will finish off rough-cut diamonds for export to a major Japanese jewelry-maker, Tasaki Shinju Co. Ltd. of Kobe.
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