00:00Japan on Friday marked the 79th anniversary of the Nagasaki atomic bombing with a peace
00:11ceremony amid some controversy.
00:14Israel's ambassador to Japan was not invited to attend this year's ceremony, which prompted
00:19the U.S. and other G7 nations to snub the event.
00:24Nagasaki Mayor Shiro Suzuki on Thursday said Israel was not invited over fears that protests
00:29against its war in the Gaza Strip could affect the ceremony's solemnity, but he added that
00:35the decision was not political.
00:38Russia's and Belarus' representatives to Japan were also not invited, while Palestine's ambassador
00:44was invited.
00:45The Nagasaki atomic bombing came three days after the U.S. carried out the world's first
01:11nuclear attack in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, during World War II.
01:17The two bombings killed more than 215,000 people, with thousands more dying later of
01:23injuries and radiation-related illness.
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