Sugihara Chiune: Toward a Fuller Picture of a Hero

The war-era Japanese diplomat Sugihara Chiune is famed for issuing thousands of visas to Jewish refugees in Eastern Europe, against the wishes of Japan’s Foreign Ministry at the time. He was undoubtedly a humanitarian, but he remained a skilled intelligence officer, doing his duty to keep the Japanese authorities updated on the latest European situation. This series looks at Sugihara’s work in all its aspects.