Tag: Chiune Sugihara
Yad Vashem-sponsored symphony celebrates Japanese diplomat who saved Jews during the Holocaust
Samurai warriors live by the moral code bushido, or “way of the warrior.”
World-renowned cellist Kristina Reiko Cooper, a half-Japanese convert to Judaism living in Tel Aviv, comes from a samurai background. So did Chiune Sugihara,...
Japanese foreign minister views Children’s Memorial, honorary tree at Yad Vashem
Japan’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Toshimitsu Motegi visited Yad Vashem in Jerusalem on Wednesday.
Motegi toured the current exhibit, “Flashes of Memory: Photography During the Holocaust.” He also participated in a memorial ceremony at the...
Honoring the Japanese diplomat who saved thousands of Jews from Holocaust
Ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan. 27, a virtual event on Monday honored a hero often referred to as the “Japanese Schindler” for helping to save thousands of Jews from the Holocaust.
Chiune...
Son of Japanese Holocaust hero discovers father’s memorial destroyed by Beit Shemesh apartments
The Jewish National Fund was left scrambling to apologize to the son of a former Japanese diplomat who saved the lives of approximately 6,000 Jews during the Holocaust, after a memorial grove of trees...
Abe to pay tribute to Japan’s Schindler in Lithuania
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will pay tribute to Chiune Sugihara on Sunday when he visits the two-storey building that housed the consulate where he worked in the Baltic state’s second city Kaunas.
Sugihara is thought...