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1900
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Born
January 1 in Yaotsu Town, Gifu Prefecture. Second son of
father Yoshimizu, and mother Yatsu. (a family of five boys
and one girl) |
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1912
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Graduates
with top honors from Furuwatari School. Enters Nagoya Daigo
Chugaku (Junior & High School) |
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1918
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Enters
Waseda University. Majors in English Literature. |
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1919
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Passes
Foreign Ministry Scholarship exam. Enters Harbin Gakuin
(National University. Studies Russian. |
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1924
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Appointed
as clerk in the Harbin Japanese Embassy. |
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1932
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Becomes
Deputy Consul of Manchurian Government Foreign Ministry. |
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1935
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Returns
to Japan. Marries Yukiko Kikuchi. |
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1937
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Becomes
translator for Japanese legation, Helsinki, Finland. |
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1939
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Appointed
Japanese Consul to Lithuania. Stationed at Kaunas (Kovno) |
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1940
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Chiune
Sugihara issues visas to Polish refugees. Becomes Japanese
Consul to Czechoslovakia, via Berlin. |
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1941
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Becomes
Consul General to Konigsberg.
Becomes Consul General to Rumania. |
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1945
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End
of World War ・. Sugihara's imprisoned in Russian international
camp in Rumania. |
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1946
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Returns
to Japan via Trans-Siberian railroad and Nakhodka port. |
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1947
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Settles
in Fujisawa City, Kanagawa Prefecture (one hour from Tokyo).
Resigned the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. |
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1950
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Employed
by Tokyo, U.S.A., as General Manager of U.S. Military Post
Exchange. |
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1968
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Mr.
J. Nishri, 'Sugihara survivor' finds Chiune. |
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1969
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Chiune
visits Israel; honored by Israel Government. |
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1985
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Receives
"Righteous Among the Nations" award by Israel's Holocaust
Memorial, Yad Vashem. |
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1986
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Dies
July 31, at 86 years of age. |
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1991
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Established
Chiune Sugihara Monument in Lithuania and a street in Lithuania
is named after Chiune Sugihara. |
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1994
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Bar
Ilan University opens a Sugihara Center. |
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2000
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Opens
Chiune Sugihara Hall in Yaotsu Town, Gifu Prefecture. |
