By TSUNETAKA SATO/ Staff Writer
May 31, 2022 at 08:00 JST
Akira Kitade shows off the soon-to-be-published English translation of his book titled “Emerging Heroes: WWII-Era Diplomats, Jewish Refugees, and Escape to Japan” in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, on May 13. (Tsunetaka Sato)
TSURUGA, Fukui Prefecture--Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat who served as vice consul in Kaunas, Lithuania, during World War II, is deservedly known as the “Japanese Schindler.” [Read More]
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