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Nagasaki commemorates the victims of the atomic bombing of August 9, 1945

In Japanese Nagasaki, the United States' atomic bombing of the city is commemorated on the Friday of the anniversary of the event, which occurred 79 years ago. On August 9, 1945, three days after the dropping of the first atomic bomb over the city of Hiroshima, a US military aircraft dropped an...

Nagasaki commemorates the victims of the atomic bombing of August 9, 1945

There had been diplomatic tensions surrounding this year's memorial service in Nagasaki. The reason was the absence of an invitation to Israel, which the mayor of the city justified by the desire to avoid any disruption to the ceremony in light of the Gaza conflict. The ambassadors of the USA and several other Western countries announced that they would not attend the event due to Israel's non-invitation.

The city of Nagasaki's decision to exclude Israel from the memorial service was announced in the 9th news bulletin. Consequently, many nations, including the United States and several Western allies, decided to follow Israel's lead and skip the event.

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