Lionizing a rebel: Japan’s embrace of Chiune Sugihara
The war hero has become a draw for tourists– and a tool of moral education in rural Japan.
A girl runs toward a shrine in Hida Furukawa, in Japan's Gifu prefecture, where the local government is promoting Chiune Sugihara's legacy as a tourism draw. (Michael Wilner, November 2017)(photo credit: MICHAEL WILNER)ByMICHAEL WILNERUpdated:
