Saint Sergei Sugihara (Chiune Sugihara) of Japan - Japanese diplomat (+1986)
July 31
Born on January 1, 1900 , Sugihara enrolled in Tokyo ’s Waseda University , which to this day is considered to be one of Japan ’s top private institutions with a flair for international affairs. He studied English, and then was received into the Foreign Ministry. An accomplished linguist, he was sent in the 1920’s to the Japanese language institute in Harbin , the capital of Manchuria , China . There he learned
