Chiune Sugihara Memorial Statue

In Little Tokyo, across the street from Honda Plaza and next to an Office Depot and a Starbucks, you’ll find the bronze statue of Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat who single-handedly helped more than 2,000 Jews escape Nazi Germany during the Second World War.

Chiune Sugihara was the Japanese Vice-Consul for Lithuania during the outbreak of World War II. One of his duties in this role included issuing visas allowing for travel to Japan.