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Nagasaki marks 79th A-bomb anniversary without U.S. and other ambassadors after excluding Israel
TOKYO (AP) — Nagasaki marked the 79th anniversary of its atomic bombing at the end of World War II at a ceremony Friday eclipsed by the absence of the American ambassador and other Western envoys in response to the Japanese city's refusal to invite Israel. Mayor Shiro Suzuki, in a...
US ambassador to Japan to skip A-bomb memorial service in Nagasaki because Israel was not invited
TOKYO (AP) — U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel will skip this year's atomic bombing memorial service in Nagasaki on Friday because Israel was not invited, the embassy said. Emanuel will not attend the event because it was “politicized” by Nagasaki's decision not to invite...
US envoy to Japan expresses regret over alleged sex crimes by military personnel in Okinawa
TOKYO (AP) — U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel expressed regret on Saturday for the handling of two cases of sexual assaults allegedly committed by American military personnel on Okinawa, which have again stoked resentment of the heavy U.S. troop presence on the strategic island in Japan's...
