By Kagefumi Ueno / Special to The Japan News

12:00 JST, October 2, 2024

All six ambassadors to Japan from the Group of Seven nations, such as the United States and Britain, as well as the European Union’s envoy, skipped the ceremony in Nagasaki on Aug. 9 to mourn the victims of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city. They sent lower-ranked officials instead, citing the fact that Israel was not invited to the annual event.

They basically argued that it was unacceptable that Nagasaki Mayor Shiro Suzuki, who hosted the memorial event, treated Israel in the same manner as Russia. Suzuki had decided not to invite the Israeli ambassador as well as not inviting the envoys of Russia and its ally Belarus.

The ambassadors who absented themselves........

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