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Japan's Nagasaki Holds Off Inviting Israel To Peace Ceremony

The sombre memorial at Nagasaki's Peace Park has in the past included ringing bells, a release of doves, and a prayer ceremony for the bombing victims (Credit: AFP)

The Israeli ambassador to Japan has not yet been invited to Nagasaki's annual peace ceremony, said city officials who instead sent the embassy a letter calling for a Gaza ceasefire.

The city in southern Japan this week invited dozens of countries and territories to the August 9 event on the anniversary of the US nuclear attack in 1945 that killed 74,000 people.

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