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US Must Apologize to Japanese People for Atomic Bombings - Lawmaker Suzuki
US Must Apologize to Japanese People for Atomic Bombings - Lawmaker Suzuki
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The United States must apologize to the Japanese people for the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Muneo Suzuki, a member of the upper house of the Japanese parliament, told Sputnik.
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"Last year, the G7 summit was held in Hiroshima. Then President [Joe] Biden should have said that the fact that the United States had used nuclear weapons, which is unacceptable to use, was a mistake, and he should have apologized to the Japanese people from the bottom of his heart. At least one word about it. America, which dropped atomic bombs, has never apologized! It must apologize," the lawmaker said. Suzuki said Prime Minister Fumio Kishida should use diplomatic efforts to have the United States apologize. "Fumio Kishida often says that he is 'the prime minister from Hiroshima, which suffered from nuclear weapons.' But it was the United States that made Hiroshima suffer from nuclear weapons. And he should tell America that it must apologize to the Japanese people. Prime Minister Kishida should make diplomatic efforts for this. Next year will mark the 80th anniversary of the bombing. And I believe that the United States must apologize and express regret," he said.In August 1945, US pilots dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The atomic explosion and its aftermath killed 140,000 people out of a population of 350,000 in Hiroshima, and 74,000 in Nagasaki. The vast majority of the victims of the atomic bombings were civilians. "Peace ceremonies" are held annually in Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the anniversary of the tragic events - August 6 and 9.G7 Ambassadors Had to Skip Ceremony in Hiroshima Without Russia InvitedThe Nagasaki city administration reportedly did not send an invitation to the Israeli ambassador to Japan amid the conflict in the Gaza Strip. The G7 and EU nations' ambassadors sent a letter to Nagasaki Mayor Shiro Suzuki in July, threatening to skip the annual event if the Israeli ambassador was not invited. Suzuki confirmed on Thursday that the decision would remain unchanged. Therefore, the ambassadors of the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Canada, Italy and Australia will not attend the ceremony."If you tell the mayor of Nagasaki that if he doesn't invite Israel, we won't come either, then say that Russia and Belarus were not invited to the ceremony. The G7 ambassadors, starting with the US ambassador, should have said that this is unfair and that they will boycott the Hiroshima ceremony. Then a fair balance would be struck," Suzuki said.He added that the essence of the peace ceremony held on the anniversaries of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki was for countries to seek peace with each other.
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US Must Apologize to Japanese People for Atomic Bombings - Lawmaker Suzuki
04:29 GMT 09.08.2024 (Updated: 06:24 GMT 09.08.2024) TOKYO, (Sputnik) - The United States must apologize to the Japanese people for the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Muneo Suzuki, a member of the upper house of the Japanese parliament, told Sputnik.
"Last year, the G7 summit was held in Hiroshima. Then President [Joe] Biden should have said that the fact that the United States had used nuclear weapons, which is unacceptable to use, was a mistake, and he should have apologized to the Japanese people from the bottom of his heart. At least one word about it. America, which dropped atomic bombs, has never apologized! It must apologize," the lawmaker said.
Suzuki said Prime Minister Fumio Kishida should use diplomatic efforts to have the United States apologize.
"Fumio Kishida often says that he is 'the prime minister from Hiroshima, which suffered from nuclear weapons.' But it was the United States that made Hiroshima suffer from nuclear weapons. And he should tell America that it must apologize to the Japanese people. Prime Minister Kishida should make diplomatic efforts for this. Next year will mark the 80th anniversary of the bombing. And I believe that the United States must apologize and express regret," he said.
In August 1945, US pilots dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The atomic explosion and its aftermath killed 140,000 people out of a population of 350,000 in Hiroshima, and 74,000 in Nagasaki. The vast majority of the victims of the atomic bombings were civilians. "Peace ceremonies" are held annually in Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the anniversary of the tragic events - August 6 and 9.
G7 Ambassadors Had to Skip Ceremony in Hiroshima Without Russia Invited
If the ambassadors of the G7 countries refused to attend in Friday's Nagasaki peace ceremony honoring the victims of the US atomic bombing to which Israel was not invited, they should also have refused to participate in the ceremony in Hiroshima, where Russia and Belarus were not invited, Muneo Suzuki, a member of the upper house of the Japanese parliament, told Sputnik.
The Nagasaki city administration reportedly did not send an invitation to the Israeli ambassador to Japan amid the conflict in the Gaza Strip. The G7 and EU nations' ambassadors sent a letter to Nagasaki Mayor Shiro Suzuki in July, threatening to skip the annual event if the Israeli ambassador was not invited. Suzuki confirmed on Thursday that the decision would remain unchanged. Therefore, the ambassadors of the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Canada, Italy and Australia will not attend the ceremony.
"If you tell the mayor of Nagasaki that if he doesn't invite Israel, we won't come either, then say that Russia and Belarus were not invited to the ceremony. The G7 ambassadors, starting with the US ambassador, should have said that this is unfair and that they will boycott the Hiroshima ceremony. Then a fair balance would be struck," Suzuki said.
He added that the essence of the peace ceremony held on the anniversaries of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki was for countries to seek peace with each other.
