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Kan visits Gifu Pref. to inspect damage caused by heavy rain

NAGOYA, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan offers flowers at the site of a house where three members of a family were killed by a mudslide in Yaotsu, Gifu Prefecture, on July 18, 2010. (Pool Photo)

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Heavy rain causes havoc in Japan

YAOTSU, Japan - Members of the Self-Defense Forces scoop out mud from a mudslide caused by heavy rain as they look for missing people in the city of Yaotsu, Gifu Prefecture, on July 16, 2010, following torrential rain which hit central Japan.

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Heavy rain causes havoc in Japan

YAOTSU, Japan - Members of the Self-Defense Forces engage in rescue work in the city of Yaotsu, Gifu Prefecture, on July 16, 2010, as they look for missing people following torrential rain which hit central Japan.

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Heavy rain causes havoc in Japan

NAGOYA, Japan - Rescue workers look for missing people near a house which collapsed due to a mudslide caused by torrential rain in Yaotsu, Gifu Prefecture, on July 16, 2010. Two people trapped since the previous day in the collapsed house were found dead, with one other person missing.

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Heavy rain causes havoc in Japan

YAOTSU, Japan - Rescuers work near a collapsed house at the site of a landslide in Yaotsu, Gifu Prefecture, on July 16, 2010, after heavy rain hit central Japan.

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Heavy rain causes havoc in Japan

YAOTSU, Japan - Rescuers work near a collapsed house at the site of a landslide in Yaotsu, Gifu Prefecture, on July 16, 2010, after heavy rain hit central Japan.

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Heavy rain causes havoc in Japan

YAOTSU, Japan - Rescuers work near a collapsed house at the site of a landslide in Yaotsu, Gifu Prefecture, on July 15, 2010, after heavy rain hit central Japan.

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Interview with 'Japan's Schindler' made public

GIFU, Japan - Visitors at a museum in Yaotsu in Gifu Prefecture commemorating Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat who is known as ''Japan's Schindler'' use headphones to listen to a recording of an interview given by Sugihara. The museum made Sugihara's recording available to the general public on April 2, in which Sugihara revealed reasons for issuing transit visas to thousands of Jews in defiance of Japanese government policy.

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Memorial hall built for Japanese savior of Jews

GIFU, Japan - A memorial hall for Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat who saved some 6,000 Jews from persecution by Nazi Germany during World War II, has been completed at his hometown of Yaotsu, Gifu Prefecture, in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of his birth. The hall was opened for press preview May 23. Public opening is scheduled for July 30.

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Interview with 'Japan's Schindler' made public

GIFU, Japan - Visitors at a museum in Yaotsu in Gifu Prefecture commemorating Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat who is known as ''Japan's Schindler'' use headphones to listen to a recording of an interview given by Sugihara. The museum made Sugihara's recording available to the general public on April 2, in which Sugihara revealed reasons for issuing transit visas to thousands of Jews in defiance of Japanese government policy.

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Memorial hall built for Japanese savior of Jews

GIFU, Japan - A memorial hall for Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat who saved some 6,000 Jews from persecution by Nazi Germany during World War II, has been completed at his hometown of Yaotsu, Gifu Prefecture, in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of his birth. The hall was opened for press preview May 23. Public opening is scheduled for July 30.

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Home of "Japan's Schindler" seeks listing on UNESCO world memory list

A replica of one of visas issued by Chiune Sugihara, known as "Japan's Schindler" for having helped about 6,000 Jews escape Nazi persecution during World War II, is on display at his memorial hall in Yaotsu, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on June 19, 2015. The hometown of the late consul in Lithuania during the war is seeking to have the man's records added to UNESCO's Memory of the World Register in 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A roadside is crowded with people watching the Tokyo Olympic torch relay in Yaotsu in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on April 3, 2021. (Pool photo)

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Original visa by "Japan's Schindler" shown to media

Photo taken in Yaotsu, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on Oct. 23, 2015, shows the original visa issued by Chiune Sugihara, a diplomat known as "Japan's Schindler" for having helped about 6,000 Jews escape Nazi persecution during World War II. Japan is seeking to list the records of the late acting consul in Lithuania in UNESCO's Memory of the World Register in 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Original visa by "Japan's Schindler" shown to media

Daisaku Kunieda, director of the Sugihara Chiune Memorial Hall, holds the original visa issued by Sugihara, a diplomat known as "Japan's Schindler" for having helped about 6,000 Jews escape Nazi persecution during World War II, at the hall in Yaotsu, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on Oct. 23, 2015. Japan is seeking to list the records of the late acting consul in Lithuania in UNESCO's Memory of the World Register in 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Courageous diplomat's documents sought to be on World Memory list

File photo shows Chiune Sugihara (1900-1986), a Japanese diplomat who helped thousands of Jews escape Nazi persecution during World War II. In June 2015, the central Japanese town of Yaotsu, the hometown of "Japan's Schindler," in Gifu Prefecture started the process of seeking to have documents associated with Sugihara inscribed on UNESCO's Memory of the World register. Serving as vice consul at the Japanese Consulate in Kaunas in Lithuania, Sugihara issued transit visas to Japan to Jewish refugees on humanitarian grounds. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kan visits Gifu Pref. to inspect damage caused by heavy rain

NAGOYA, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan offers flowers at the site of a house where three members of a family were killed by a mudslide in Yaotsu, Gifu Prefecture, on July 18, 2010. (Pool Photo)(Kyodo)

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Heavy rain causes havoc in Japan

YAOTSU, Japan - Members of the Self-Defense Forces scoop out mud from a mudslide caused by heavy rain as they look for missing people in the city of Yaotsu, Gifu Prefecture, on July 16, 2010, following torrential rain which hit central Japan. (Kyodo)

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Heavy rain causes havoc in Japan

NAGOYA, Japan - Rescue workers look for missing people near a house which collapsed due to a mudslide caused by torrential rain in Yaotsu, Gifu Prefecture, on July 16, 2010. Two people trapped since the previous day in the collapsed house were found dead, with one other person missing. (Kyodo)

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Heavy rain causes havoc in Japan

YAOTSU, Japan - Members of the Self-Defense Forces engage in rescue work in the city of Yaotsu, Gifu Prefecture, on July 16, 2010, as they look for missing people following torrential rain which hit central Japan. (Kyodo)

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Heavy rain causes havoc in Japan

YAOTSU, Japan - Rescuers work near a collapsed house at the site of a landslide in Yaotsu, Gifu Prefecture, on July 16, 2010, after heavy rain hit central Japan. (Kyodo)

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Heavy rain causes havoc in Japan

YAOTSU, Japan - Rescuers work near a collapsed house at the site of a landslide in Yaotsu, Gifu Prefecture, on July 16, 2010, after heavy rain hit central Japan. (Kyodo)

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Heavy rain causes havoc in Japan

YAOTSU, Japan - Rescuers work near a collapsed house at the site of a landslide in Yaotsu, Gifu Prefecture, on July 15, 2010, after heavy rain hit central Japan. (Kyodo)

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Lithuania president at Chiune Sugihara memorial

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda (2nd from L) poses for a photo at the Chiune Sugihara Memorial Hall in Yaotsu in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on Oct. 24, 2019. Japanese diplomat Sugihara helped thousands of Jewish refugees escape the Holocaust while serving as acting consul in Lithuania. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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International tourism fair in Israel

Masanori Kaneko (R), mayor of Yaotsu town in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, hands a pamphlet about wartime Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara, who helped Jewish refugees escape Nazi persecution by issuing transit visas, to a visitor at an international tourism fair in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Feb. 12, 2019. The pamphlet was prepared by six municipalities in four prefectures connected to the diplomat, including Yaotsu town. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo