{"id":164934,"date":"2024-08-09T11:19:10","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T02:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=164934&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2024-08-09T11:19:10","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T02:19:10","slug":"g7-ambassadors-to-skip-nagasaki-peace-ceremony-amid-israel-controversy","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/g7-ambassadors-to-skip-nagasaki-peace-ceremony-amid-israel-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"G7 Ambassadors to Skip Nagasaki Peace Ceremony Amid Israel Controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nagasaki will commemorate the 79th anniversary of the atomic bombing on August 9 without the attendance of G7 ambassadors, except for Japan. The city decided not to invite Israel to the ceremony, prompting the other six G7 nations to abstain. Mayor Shiro Suzuki reaffirmed the decision, citing comprehensive risk assessment rather than political reasons. Despite concerns from G7 nations and the EU, their consuls and charg\u00e9 d&#8217;affaires will attend the ceremony. The Palestinian representative is expected to participate, highlighting differing approaches by Nagasaki and Hiroshima, the latter having invited Israel but not Palestine. <\/span><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/lnews\/nagasaki\/20240808\/5030021563.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-164926\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/fnn_nagasaki-peace-park-unsplash_2024.jpg?resize=1400%2C1417&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"G7 Ambassadors to Skip Nagasaki Peace Ceremony Amid Israel Controversy\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/fnn_nagasaki-peace-park-unsplash_2024.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/fnn_nagasaki-peace-park-unsplash_2024.jpg?resize=296%2C300&amp;ssl=1 296w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/fnn_nagasaki-peace-park-unsplash_2024.jpg?resize=1012%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1012w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/fnn_nagasaki-peace-park-unsplash_2024.jpg?resize=768%2C777&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Photo by<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rom\u00e9o A.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unsplash<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. 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The city decided not to invite Israel to the ceremony&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":164929,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-164934","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-nagasaki-prefecture","news-category-politics","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/164934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164934"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}