Japanese Schindler

Japan’s Iron Lady and the future of Indo-Pacific security

Takaichi's election is more than a gender milestone: it could redefine Japan’s strategic posture for the next decade

|ByLAUREN DAGAN AMOSS
A Japan Maritime Self Defense Force member takes part in a joint exercise between Japan and the Peruvian Navy at the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) military exercises in Waimanalo, Hawaii, U.S. July 18, 2024.
CHIUNE SUGIHARA, the 'Japanese Schindler.'

Chiuna Sugihara: The Japanese diplomat who proved 'even one person can change the world'

Even 125 years after his birth, Japanese diplomat Chiuna Sugihara, who saved thousands of people during the Holocaust, is far from forgotten.

|ByALEX WINSTON
Knesset Member Zvi Hauser honors Japanese righteous gentiles who saved lives in Holocaust, 2022.

Knesset honors Japanese righteous gentiles who saved lives in Holocaust

Last week marked the International Holocaust Memorial Day.

|ByGIL HOFFMAN
Japanese diplomat Sugihara Chiune, known as "Japanese Oskar Schindler."

Evidence of ‘Second Japanese Schindler’ found in US

Saburo Nei (1902-92), who was Japan's acting consul-general in Vladivostok, is believed to have granted visas to Jews during the war.

|ByCODY LEVINE

Son of 'Japanese Schindler' dedicates memorial in Jerusalem

Roughly 6,000 Jews were saved by Chiune Sugihara, Japanese ambassador to Lithuania in 1940, who granted them visas to travel to Japan and escape the Nazis.

FEBRUARY 16, 2019ByZACK EVANS
Nobuki Sugihara, son of Japanese diplomat, Chiune Sugihara (depicted in black and white picture), who helped saved thousands of Lithuanian Jews in World War 2, speaks during a street-naming ceremony in honour of his father in Netanya, Israel June 7, 2016.