On Air: Info from Fukuoka Prefecture/2013.6.24(Mon)/13:55

The Humanitarian Diplomat “Chiune Sugihara” 6000 Visas for Life-A Long Journey Exhibition will be held at the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum starting July 11. As a pre-event, a photo exhibition on Chiune Sugihara will be held at Kokusai Hiroba, located on the 3^rd floor of ACROS Fukuoka. The exhibition will be accompanied by a lecture from Takaharu Furue, Port of Humanity Museum Representative of the NPO Chiune Sugihara Visas for Life.

There was a consulate representative in a Japanese consulate in Kaunas, Lithuania that followed his own beliefs and went against the wishes of his own Japanese government in order to help save the lives of Jewish victims of the Holocost in Europe during World War II by issuing them visas for passage to Japan. The visas were known as “Visas for Life” and the diplomat was Chiune Sugihara. It is said that over 6,000 lives were saved thanks to the visas he allowed to be issued. In fact, it was not only those who received the initial visas that were saved, but their tens of thousands of descendants owe their lives to those visas. Come and hear the story of the man praised around the world for his courage and conviction, Chiune Sugihara, a man who saved so many.

The Humanitarian Diplomat “Chiune Sugihara” 6000 Visas for Life-A Long Journey Exhibition Pre-event will be held on Sunday, July 7, from 1 to 5 PM. The lecture by Takaharu Furue will take place between 2 and 3 o’clock in the afternoon. It all takes place at Kokusai Hiroba, located on the 3^rd floor of ACROS Fukuoka, in Tenjin, in the Chuo Ward of Fukuoka City. Admission and participation in the event is free of charge.

For further information, please contact the Fukuoka International Exchange Foundation by phone at 092-725-9200.

That was information from Fukuoka Prefecture.

On Air: Info from Fukuoka Prefecture/2013.6.28(Ｆｒｉ)/13:55~

今日は、イベントのお知らせです。

７月11日から福岡アジア美術館で開催される、

『人道の外交官「杉原千畝（すぎはら ちうね）」6000人の命のビザ・遥かなる旅路展』のプレイベントとして、

アクロス福岡３Ｆ　こくさいひろばにて、杉原千畝に関する写真の展示、

人道の港研究所代表で、NPO杉原千畝命のビザの理事である

古江孝治（ふるえ たかはる）氏による講演会を開催します。

第二次世界大戦中のヨーロッパで、ユダヤ人難民を救うため、日本政府の意向に反し、自分の判断で日本通過のビザ、「命のビザ」を発給した外交官がいました。

リトアニア・カウナスの日本領事館領事代理、「杉原千畝」です。

彼が発給したビザにより、約6000人の人たちが救われたと言われています。

それは、ただ単にビザをもらった人たちだけが助かっただけでなく、その後の子孫も含めると何万、何十万人という命を救ったということです。

勇気ある決断により多くの命を救った、世界に誇れる日本人「杉原 千畝」の偉大な功績を知り、語り継いでいきませんか？

『人道の外交官「杉原千畝（すぎはらちうね）」6000人の命のビザ・遥かなる旅路展

　プレイベント』の開催は、７月７日、日曜日、写真展示は、午後１時から午後５時、古江孝治氏による講演会は午後２時から午後３時、場所は、福岡市中央区天神、アクロス福岡３Ｆ「こくさいひろば」、

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