Jerusalem square dedicated to WWII Japan diplomat who saved Jews from Nazis

A ceremony was held on Monday in Jerusalem to name a square in honor of late Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara, who issued visas to help Jews escape from Nazi persecution during World War II.A sign that reads "Chiune Sugihara Sq." was unveiled in the square in southwestern Jerusalem at a ceremony that was attended by Mayor Moshe Lion, Koichi Mizushima, Japan's ambassador to Israel, as well as some of those who were saved by Sugihara and their descendants.Sugihara, who is often dubbed as "Japan's Schindler," after Oskar Schindler, the German who provided Jews with a safe haven, provided tran…READ FULL ARTICLE