The Mayor of Jerusalem Moshe Leon has dedicated a square in the city in the name of Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat who served at the Japanese Consulate in Kaunas, Lithuania during World War II and helped to issue visas to more than 2,150 Jews.
Chiune Sugihara, consul-general in Kovno, issued over 2,000 visas in breach of Japanese policy; his son Nobuki addresses event, having received last-minute visa after ToI report
Israeli officials help to overcome COVID-19 bureaucracy, enabling Chiune Sugihara's son Nobuki to attend Jerusalem ceremony naming square for Righteous Among Nations father