U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel will not be attending this year's atomic bombing memorial service in Nagasaki due to Israel not being invited, as confirmed by the embassy on Wednesday. The decision was made because the event was deemed 'politicized' by Nagasaki's exclusion of Israel from the guest list. Instead, Emanuel will pay his respects to the victims of the Nagasaki atomic bombing at a Buddhist temple in Tokyo.
The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 resulted in the deaths of 140,000 and 70,000 people, respectively. These tragic events marked the end of World War II and Japan's aggressive actions in Asia.
