'Sakura' trees in Lithuania to honor wartime Japan diplomat

'Sakura' trees in Lithuania to honor wartime Japan diplomat

VILNIUS, Lithuania - Japanese Ambassador to Lithuania Miyoko Akashi (2nd from L) and Mikio Sugiyama (L) and Kazuo Kawashima (3rd from L) of the Gifu Cherry Blossoms Group, and others plant cherry blossom trees at Chiune Sugihara Park in Vilnius, Lithuania, on May 3, 2011. Some 500 people took part in an event to plant cherry blossom trees in honor of Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara, a native of Gifu, who saved thousands of Jewish refugees from the Nazis in the wartime period by issuing them transit visas.

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