Japanese prime minister visits Lithuanian museum honoring Holocaust rescuer Chiune Sugihara Shinzo Abe in Kaunas said he was "very proud" of the late Japanese diplomat, who wrote thousands of visas for Jews to help them escape the Nazis.
Japan’s prime minister visits U.S. Holocaust museum Shinzo Abe and his wife each lit a commemorative candle in the Hall of Remembrance and met with three survivors who had been helped by Chiune Sugihara.
Netanyahu sends condolences to Japan’s Abe over ISIS executions The Islamist group said in a video released online that it had beheaded journalist Kenji Goto; aid worker Haruna Yukawawas was shown killed last week.