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The bomb dropped on Nagasaki on 9 August 1945 is thought to have killed about 74,000 people, both from the explosion itself and later from radiation.<\/p>\n
It came three days after the first bomb dropped on Hiroshima and six days before Japan’s surrender in World War II.<\/p>\n
Mr Suzuki said security reasons, including potential demonstrations, were behind his decision not to invite Israel to the commemoration ceremony. <\/p>\n
But he said he regretted the ambassadors’ decision.<\/p>\n
“It is unfortunate that they have communicated to us that their ambassadors are not able to attend,” he said.<\/p>\n
A spokesperson for the British embassy in Tokyo confirmed to the BBC that ambassador Julia Longbottom would not attend the ceremony in Nagasaki. <\/p>\n
Ambassador Longbottom had said that the decision not to invite Israel created an unfortunate and misleading equivalency with Russia and Belarus – the only other countries not invited to this year’s ceremony. <\/p>\n
US Ambassador Rahm Emanuel will also not attend. An embassy statement said the mayor of Nagasaki politicised the event by snubbing Israel.<\/p>\n
A spokesperson told the BBC the ambassador would instead go to a peace ceremony at a temple in Tokyo.<\/p>\n
Israel’s ambassador to Japan, Gilad Cohen, who was invited to and attended a memorial ceremony in Hiroshima on Tuesday, said Nagasaki\u2019s decision “sends a wrong message to the world”.<\/p>\n
In June, Mr Suzuki said Nagasaki had sent a letter to the Israeli embassy calling for an “immediate ceasefire” in Gaza.<\/p>\n
Israel’s massive military offensive in Gaza has led to the deaths of almost 40,000 Palestinians, Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry says.<\/p>\n
It was triggered by the 7 October Hamas attacks on Israel, in which 1,200 people were killed and 251 taken back to Gaza as hostages. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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