Chiune Sugihara and Japan's Foreign Ministry: Between Incompetence and Culpabili

Description: Chiune Sugihara and Japan's Foreign Ministry by Seishiro Sugihara, Norman Hu 69.50 FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description When the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany partitioned Poland in September of 1939, thousands of Jews fled Poland into Lithuania and fled across the USSR to Japan. With the help of Jan Zwartendijk, acting Dutch consul, and Chiune Sugihara, Japans vice consul in Lithuania, the refugees obtained documents for their perilous escape from Nazi persecution. From Japan, many refugees moved on to Dutch-controlled Curacao or other final destinations. Decades after the war, and one year before his death in 1986, Sugihara was finally honored by Israel with the "Righteous Among the Nations" Award for the help he gave to the Jews in 1940. He also received the Raoul Wallenburg Award posthumously in 1990. However, in Japan little was known about Sugiharas heroic actions for more than five decades. The author, Seishiro Sugihara (no relation to Chiune), reveals a pattern of deception and obfuscation by Japans foreign ministry to obstruct recognition of Sugiharas philanthropy. The Sugihara episode, the author contends, is only one in a long line of scandalous cover-ups which have plagued the Ministry, including its ill-fated Twenty-One Demands upon Nationalist China in 1915; and more infamously the failure of its Washington Embassy to follow orders and deliver the "declaration of war" on December 7, 1941 which resulted in the Pearl Harbor operation being stigmatized as a "sneak attack." His book is the first to demonstrate that, while Japans military was abolished during the Occupation, the Foreign Ministry secured its own future at the expense of Japan and the Japanese people, and deliberately and systematically placed Sugiharas act of kindness beyond public scrutiny. Author Biography Seishiro Sugihara is Professor at Musashino Womens College, Tokyo. Table of Contents Chapter 1 Foreword by Yukiko Sugihara Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 Translators Note Chapter 4 The Pearl Harbor "Sneak Attack" Cover-Up and the Foreign Ministrys Responsibility Chapter 5 Teaching About Japans War with the United States Chapter 6 Successfully Avoiding the Pacific War: Reexamining the Japan-U.S. Negotiations Chapter 7 Toshikazu Kases Research on the 1941 Japan-U.S. Negotiations Chapter 8 A Portrait of Chiune Sugihara, and His Motive for Issuing Visas to Jewish Refugees Chapter 9 Chiune Sugihara and the Postwar Foreign Ministry Chapter 10 Endnotes Chapter 11 Glossary Chapter 12 Bibliography Chapter 13 Index Long Description When the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany partitioned Poland in September of 1939, thousands of Jews fled Poland into Lithuania and fled across the USSR to Japan. With the help of Jan Zwartendijk, acting Dutch consul, and Chiune Sugihara, Japans vice consul in Lithuania, the refugees obtained documents for their perilous escape from Nazi persecution. From Japan, many refugees moved on to Dutch-controlled Curacao or other final destinations. Decades after the war, and one year before his death in 1986, Sugihara was finally honored by Israel with the "Righteous Among the Nations" Award for the help he gave to the Jews in 1940. He also received the Raoul Wallenburg Award posthumously in 1990. However, in Japan little was known about Sugiharas heroic actions for more than five decades. The author, Seishiro Sugihara (no relation to Chiune), reveals a pattern of deception and obfuscation by Japans foreign ministry to obstruct recognition of Sugiharas philanthropy. The Sugihara episode, the author contends, is only one in a long line of scandalous cover-ups which have plagued the Ministry, including its ill-fated Twenty-One Demands upon Nationalist China in 1915; and more infamously the failure of its Washington Embassy to follow orders and deliver the "declaration of war" on December 7, 1941 which resulted in the Pearl Harbor operation being stigmatized as a "sneak attack." His book is the first to demonstrate that, while Japans military was abolished during the Occupation, the Foreign Ministry secured its own future at the expense of Japan and the Japanese people, and deliberately and systematically placed Sugiharas act of kindness beyond public scrutiny. Details ISBN0761819711 Author Norman Hu Short Title CHIUNE SUGIHARA & JAPANS FOREI Publisher University Press of America Language English Translator Norman Hu ISBN-10 0761819711 ISBN-13 9780761819714 Media Book Format Hardcover DEWEY B Year 2001 Imprint University Press of America Place of Publication Lanham, MD Country of Publication United States Translated from Japanese Birth 1941 Illustrations black & white illustrations Subtitle Between Incompetence and Culpability - Part II DOI 10.1604/9780761819714 AU Release Date 2001-07-16 NZ Release Date 2001-07-16 UK Release Date 2001-05-16 Pages 232 Publication Date 2001-05-16 Audience General US Release Date 2001-05-16 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:137331454;

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