Israel's Nagasaki 'Humiliation' Vexes U.S; Japan Mayor Defiant, Refuses To Invite Despite Pressure

G7 nations including U.S., UK, Australia, Italy, Canada and EU fume after Nagasaki snubbed Israel for its annual event. United States and the United Kingdom said they would no longer attend the event. The mayor of Nagasaki has defended his decision not to invite Israel and said G7 threat is unfortunate. Watch.
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[@ahmedabbas4236]

No country has suffered nuclear devastation like Japan, that is why they consistently oppose nuclear proliferation. The memory of those who perished in Hiroshima and Nagasaki is probably very sacred to them. Who they invite or not invite is strictly their prerogative and should be respected, Those trying to turn this into a political event are wrong.

[@Bob-rt2fl]

Being lectured by the US on who you need to invite to your Nagasaki ceremony. The nerve to openly voice that is staggering. They need to tell the US where to go.

[@pwgearedturbofan2348]

Maybe you and Japan should be reminded why Japan was at war in the first place? You buffoons always forget that part.

[@giannabiancalani5679]

Gli stati uniti non possono dare lezioni a nessuno!!!!!!

[@skasteve6528]

They can't really. Japan, Germany the UK and many other countries are all US colonies. The Fed says 'raise interest rates to protect the dollar', The G7 says 'How high?'

[@user-lf7by3bd7z]

@@skasteve6528 and while the US is israel's puppet

[@sophieblau845]

We germans never wanted to be US colony they forced us and the try to force us again but not this time that is why why we have a a song here in Germany that means american go home because we never wanted the americans to get involved in our business because we exactly know that we can live and be without them but they can’t live without us so they for us because GEZ media here is always positive towards the US and if we don‘t pay for the GEZ media we‘ll get arrested.

[@andricrypto2852]

Its his city, he can invite whoever he wants! Why is the US and other G7 countries pressuring the mayor to invite a nation which could jeopardize the peace in his city? Good job Mayor Shiro Suzuki! Stand your ground and don't relent to these bullies!

[@CB_GAMES777]

Why? That's what fascists do

[@CB_GAMES777]

Why? That's what fascists do

[@1MarkKeller]

Agreed!

[@Deargodwhat]

​@CB_GAMES777 Nothing about these actions are fascists nor based in relation to fascism. Don't throw a word around that you don't even have basic understanding of. A country making its own choices on global guests =/= Fascism. Every country does this.

[@frankcheung917]

I am glad to see someone has the "balls" to stand up to the bullying USA and UK. Shame on them.

[@najibbamadhaj1545]

Mr Shirio Suzuki, you are standing on right side of history, remember that

[@darky4555]

Wrong side, oh so wrong.

[@tamee777]

@@darky4555 Says a shamelez zenocyd lover

[@skateboarding118]

@@darky4555if you genuinely believe that then you are a sick thing.

[@liamlinson7563]

@@darky4555 right side, the whole world doesnt share the same demented views you do

[@havanasyndrome3024]

​@@darky4555 watching what the Zionists have turned into today, I wish that the last century the world treated the Jews the same way Israelis are treating Palestinians today. That it as you wish.

[@faridamazhar5114]

Will US Administration stop championing Israel’s cause! Bravo Japan for taking a moral stand!

[@Romulan2469]

The gesture is symbolic and meaningless in the grand scheme of things.

[@LeeLoo_22]

​@@Romulan2469...its not

[@benkyle76]

@@Romulan2469😂 grand scheme of things. I guess that depends on wether or not you are an Atheist or not

[@Romulan2469]

@@benkyle76 No it has nothing to do with atheism. Try again.

[@benkyle76]

@@Romulan2469 wether you like it or not, some people do things for moral and/or spiritual reasons. To them, it’s certainly not meaningless

[@DouglasJohnson.]

The mayor of Nagasaki is absolutely right, and the US not showing the proper amount of respect for the ceremony, is a level of gall, rarely seen. Very disappointed with our foreign policy right now.

[@oskadavid2964]

WHY WOULD JAPAN INVITE THE USA THE SAME CHRISTIAN COUNTY THAT DID IT? JAPANESE ARE COMPLETELY SUBJUGATED.

[@tauseefhussain3936]

🍉1. Make Jerusalem an international city under complete UN control 🍉2. Return to pre 1967 borders 🍉3. End occupation of West Bank 🍉4. Return Golan heights 🍉5. Change constitution to provide equal rights for all citizens 🍉 Free Palestine

[@hp5310]

@tauseefhussain3936 damn dude. These are all, for the most part, sound ideas. Kudos to you for not being a nut job.

[@Kjellmagneask]

What is right about that. This is a sermon about the bombing of Nagasaki and Israel did not drop the bomb. He should not use this sermon as propaganda tool for his own political activism.

[@SharkeySharkey1]

@@tauseefhussain3936 Send Queers for Palestine over to negotiate,better yet they can keep them.

[@nysewerrat6577]

How can you be invited to bombing memorial when you're in the middle of bombing a country?!!!

[@jinakiabdullah4432]

And threatening to use nuclear weapons

[@AladdinTheArabian]

@@jinakiabdullah4432 for real

[@kurt120032002]

Well if memory serve we have a bombing memorial because Japan was a big fan of bombing people without even declaring war first, so it is not up to them to lecture anyone about bombing. They went and pissed on the biggest bully on the planet at the time and cry like little bitches when it was payback time, and now after getting the mother and father of all beatings, they try to get the moral hi ground, like they are the victims or something. They fucked around and was only fair to find out... except they look like they forgot the lesson, since they are now supporting the muslim terrorist... people so bad that even other muslim countries refuse to help in any way. That is the kind of people Japan values.

[@Xen0morph075]

Exactly. Those other G7 countries are heartless

[@Deargodwhat]

​@@Xen0morph075 Those other G7 countries are in on it and have something to lose if Isreal fails more. Japan is entirely inactive in that that region.

[@lawts1240]

As a UK citizen, I am disgusted with Kier Starmer and his government on their stance on this. When will we ever stop doing exactly as the US and AIPAC wants? We need to stand firm, grow a pair and voice our opposition to the Gaza war and Israeli genocide.

[@franzmenzies5268]

Sorry mate, but Uncle Sugar took away the UK's balls a long time ago. During WW2.

[@trumpforever6706]

@@franzmenzies5268 Not just the UK but the rest of Western Europe. Europe should learn to stand on its own two feet.

[@quemades]

The UK bends over backwards and pulls down its pants anytime the US wants, always. It is the establishment, of which Starmer is just one little cog.

[@darky4555]

I think it's right to stand with Israel, because isn't it strange how easily all of a sudden those muslims try to make us forget what happened on october 7 th, and the mass slaughtering and kidnappings that occured there and try to play victim? You made a bet, you lost, now pay up the consequenses, you cannot go in another country, slaughtered a bunch of people, and expect them to be OK with that. The Jews already had done that during WW2, and they rightfully will not do so again.

[@girlofanimation]

​@@trumpforever6706 Europe seems to count Israel as one of their own. For some reason, Israel is frequently included in European gatherings. Europe is used to having blood on their hands and still isn't as altruistic as they advertise to be.

[@girlofanimation]

The irony of the US getting its feelings hurt because Nagasaki doesn't want to invite the US's hostile owner state to its memorial... a memorial for one of the atomic bombs that the US dropped on them.

[@schmoborama]

I am on your side and am very thankful to this Mayor but do not forget that before & during WWII the Rightwing Japanese Government were doing to the Chinese what Israel is doing to Palestinians now

[@nuudelz3711]

@@schmoboramaso that makes it even more important that Israel does not come. Why would Japan’s celebrate that dark part of their history by bringing the current helkbringers to their home

[@wisammoeali]

@@schmoborama you are confirming the right not to invite Israel

[@schmoborama]

@@nuudelz3711 yes indeed

[@schmoborama]

@@wisammoeali totally

[@sorabbaxter3124]

At last someone with a truly moral stand and a good belief

[@darky4555]

no.

[@Boghumuyiyt]

​@@darky4555🐕

[@darky4555]

@@Boghumuyiyt oh god no i hate dogs. I'm more of a cat person ok?

[@Boghumuyiyt]

@@darky4555 Hater u are sure ...

[@Philippe626]

G7 is utterly hypocritical !! still complicit to a genocide, which is outrageous !! GFU G7 ! the message from Nagasaki's mayor is universal : "GENOCIDES CANNOT BE TOLERATED !!"

[@the_higherground]

Imagine being the cause of the most recorded, most denied, excruciatingly long genocide in recorded history, and THEN feel as though you need to advise other people on justice. We’re doomed unless the common people know who the real problems are

[@TD1237]

Well said. Totally agree with you.

[@Weirdkauz]

The US be funny that way. Imagine being violently lectured on freedom by a nation who's censoring their libraries.

[@jueue2964]

Imagine the same country you're defending with that logic was the perpetrator of a genocide, killing 25m+ Chinese with no end in sight, arguably worse than the Holocaust. And then imagine thinking that just because one country did something bad, it is okay for another country to do it as if you didn't learn two wrongs don't make a right. And then, even, imagine you think it isn't about two wrongs and say I'm not saying that, that a genocide country shouldn't talk, when it's exactly that country that should talk because they have the experience. A serial killer in prison telling you to not murder, is good advice, despite him being a terrible worthless garbage human.

[@angrygorilla2212]

Japan genocide during ww2 was about 500k while the nukes where about 200k

[@bluebird_979]

The US is the most arrogant country in the world despite being one of the youngest countries.

[@joysimwaba1924]

The sheer hypocrisy of the G7! With Nagasaki Mayor on this one.

[@MudBuddy55]

I bet the US pressured the other countries to sign that stupid letter. What a waste of paper.

[@HelenaMikas]

@@MudBuddy55 It should be renamed USZ ....

[@susanmercurio1060]

It would be amusing to see how quickly the other G7 countries trot behind the US if it wasn't horrifying.

[@db4989]

Thank you, Japan. Respect. Shame on the "Western democracies".

[@tomsuh1362]

Japan start to relaized what a slave that under US controled for all these years.

[@petergreen5337]

Well said

[@haftomhaile-ck5zn]

You took so many decades to prove how shameful the west in general is. They are the ones who devastated Hiroshima and Nagasaki with nuclear bombs. And now they have devastated Japan by disrespecting to attend the ceremony.

[@galaxy7279]

Every year Japan hold this memorial event, but never says who bombed them. The history is rewriting in the west for a long time that many believes that it's Russia bombed Japan in WW2. Last year (in an event of honoring Japanese PM at a N@t0 summit) Ursula gave a speech mentioning that Russia is threatening to use the nuclear bomb "again". The use of "again" is to make feel that it was Russia who bombed Japan.

[@richardturner6063]

The Japs were the cruelest most bloodthirsty military on gods earth. The atrocities in Nanking and treatment of POW was even worse than the Russians and Germans. They were lucky the Americans didn’t have more Nuclear bombs. China will never forget.

[@at0micbunnygirl]

I live in Minneapolis, MN, a sister-city of Ibaraki, Japan. I was fortunate enough to participate in a diplomatic musical tour singing with Bel Canto Voices as a teenager in 1989 in Ibaraki & Osaka, as well as several other cities in Asian countries. Our performances there and when we came back were devoted to commemorating peace. I love my host family from Japan, and I love the elected officials and the people of Japan who stand up for peace. Mayor Suzuki, you are ABSOLUTELY right to not invite a nation engaged in actively committing genocide, but esp. not while memorializing the victims, families and communities of those who died in the atrocious atomic bomb attacks. Government leaders here who have become corrupt and beholden to AIPAC may swear their undying devotion to Israel regardless of their behavior, but the citizens of America are committed to peace, and stand with you. 🕊☮️✊️💝🙏

[@susanmercurio1060]

@@at0micbunnygirl : Hey, good for you! I remember when your group went to Japan. Another Minneapolis resident

[@333ritorno]

Se siete dalla sua parte perché americani sostengono Israele in complicità di genocidio

[@esbliss13]

I'm from Wisconsin and I completely agree with you.

[@nolanroube1009]

Shame on USA, Shame on UK !!!! "Western Democraty" is now a joke !!

[@johntate6537]

Especially since in both the US and my country of the UK the majority of people are against what Israel is doing. Our versions of 'democracy' are highly compromised and make it inherently difficult for there to be real change. Please don't forget - the majority of people in Western countries support the Palestinians. It is our politicians and the elites they serve who do not.

[@knvxxx]

Always has been

[@napoleonlaguerre5587]

U.S never had been a Democracy my Friend

[@ScottPittman-jc7ph]

@@johntate6537 try lying somewhere else. majority of people in both the US and the UK stand with Israel. The majority of the people you refer to are Muslim. Surprise, surprise.

[@hangmanhands5826]

We get to choose our leaders on uk policy but foreign policy will always remain the same, do what the US does

[@dfwtransport2420]

Thank you Japan for standing up for HUMAN RIGHTS and International Laws of our CIVILIZATION.

[@darky4555]

what about the jews that got killed on october 7 th, where's the human rights for them?

[@adinahaun6001]

Excellent comment!

[@kwanchan6745]

not japan...the mayor of nagasaki - shiro suzuki

[@julia2k8]

​@@darky4555they were invaders 😂😂😂

[@davepadmore2982]

Congratulations, Honourable Mayor of Nagasaki. A vote for peace, not war! I’m disappointed in my Canadian official who signed that letter. To have Netanyahu there would dishonour all those souls who gave their lives in that explosion, not to mention the many thousands of innocents getting collectively punished in Gaza.

[@avetsuper6272]

truth brother

[@user-tj7hc8ym5e]

True .... Japan has a right not to invite Nazi Zionist criminals

[@AhmadAbuHijleh-tu3tm]

Nagaski mayor is brave and stood by his decision because it reflects that he can't be double standard as the G 7 members. Need to get more support by all honest persons and institutions.

[@darky4555]

No he's not brave, iran started this war, palestinians should be excluded instead.

[@Boghumuyiyt]

​@@darky4555barky barky 🐕

[@callwar-zr1xm]

​@@darky4555hahaha what the heck is this person you watch CNN ? It was clearly the Israel started the war ,,,,, that's why Palestinians seek help to other arab nations and the one who responded in that cry for help was the Iran ,,, do you understand it now haist Americans

[@Anafree-t8k]

@@darky4555you’re sooo brainwashed. Hell for Israhell

[@saintac31northernsoul]

He an idiot .sept 7 they started the war much like you did in 2nd world war .Japan you have done nothing bro to help the world .

[@user-ds4iz7gw8w]

Great courage from an ethical country. All power to Japan. As an Australian I am ashamed of my country’s behaviour.

[@Artist1974CH]

Indigenous people in Australia are still feeling hurt that their land was stolen by the Western Europeans long time ago.

[@georgeocampo4275]

Seventy years ago, on August 6th 1945, the US government dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Three days later, another atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki. Hiroshi Harada, 75, still remembers how his leg sank into one of the bodies blocking a narrow Hiroshima street as he fled the spreading fire ignited by the atomic bombing. Later that day, a girl grabbed Harada, who had just turned six years old, by the leg and asked for water. He stepped back in horror to find a chunk of flesh from her hand sticking to his leg. These 2 nuclear bombs killed 500,000 WOMEN AND CHILDREN AND NOT A SINGLE JAPANESE SOLDIER. This was a war crime. Around the world it is known as one of the biggest crimes against humanity. According to my teacher it is the biggest act of brutal terrorism ever recorded in world history. And those responsible of this heinous crime against humanity should be judge on all history books as cowards and terrorists ...I know we can not change what we did to all the women and children of Hiroshima and Nagasaki but we can change what our high school history books in California teach us about this crime against humanity. I know that our History books of today are much more accurate than the ones our education system was using when my mom and dad were in high school. Thus, I know that one day, thanks to our great history scholars, our schools' history books will say the truth about Hiroshima and Nagasaki. IT WAS A WAR CRIME HERE ON EARTH AND IN GOD'S KINGDOM

[@vuyilemdladla4576]

Do your High School text books teach you about Japanese War crimes as well?

[@georgeocampo4275]

@@vuyilemdladla4576 yes, of course! It’s exactly my point… Our education system used to focused only on the war crimes of the losing side and didn’t talk about the war crimes of the winning side.

[@TragoudistrosMPH]

@@georgeocampo4275 I remember being shocked by all of the horror all around. Nanjing, Internment camps, nukes. Humanity... 🫥

[@ivanmolero7829]

The history books should also teach that Great Britain was co-responsible for the atomic bombing of these two cities. The Quebec Agreement signed in August 1943, between the USA and Britain, stipulated that the US and UK would pool their resources to develop nuclear weapons, and that neither country would use them against the other, or against other countries without mutual consent. From this follows that the US, in order to use nuclear weapons against Japan, needed Britain's previous consent. They obviously got it and proceded to bomb. Brothers in crime, joined at the hip.

[@HelenaMikas]

Thank you @georgeocampo4275 for your truth. and detail .

[@musfazahosein7463]

Just goes to show that this Japanese politician is a man of moral and SPIRITUAL VALUES and has the balls to show it. The US and its allies dont deserve any respect. They are a bunch of hypocrites .

[@jessiejoseph1093]

yep

[@gregorynixon2945]

The Jap is an idiot sucking up to Islam.

[@maaz322]

They are spineless. I don't think any of these ambassadors would really be concerned that a country that didn't exist during WW2 wasn't invited. It's moreso they are or their bosses are on the (((payroll))).

[@PChan-yt4uf]

Hiroshima mayor is opposite.

[@empressoftheuniverse1312]

Amen!!🙏🏻🧡🙏🏻Doomo arigato gozaimashite Suzuki-san for being HUMAN with a heart of gold. 🧡🙇🏻‍♀️🧡🕊🇵🇸🕊

[@blsstre]

Why Israel should be invited when Israel did not exist in 1945? I don't understand the meaning of inviting the one who dropped the bombs twice for this remembrance.

[@abarette_]

THIS is the correct take lol

[@elaine1034]

Exactly! Israel thinks and acts like it's a big shot *country* when in fact it's a little shit *state*.

[@princesmooth8302]

Its especially strange cus the U.S never apologized iirc, and continue to say the bombs and civillian deaths were not only justified, but a GOOD thing because it saved U.S troops mmanpower..

[@tyrantonion6660]

Japan is a vassal of the USA, just like Germany. They have to take this humiliation to show their complience.

[@mahlina1220]

@@princesmooth8302 It’s sorta like when you are about to get robbed and the robber holds a gun to your head and tells you to drop everything with your arms held up high, your phone rings, the robber tells you to answer the phone and tells you what to parrot and make it seem to your listener that “everything is ok!! Yes dear, I’ll make it home soon.” Except with zero cash and your pants down on your knees. You are lucky enough the robber didn’t shoot you in the balls and let you walk home with your pants wrapped around your knees with boxers showing, struggling and wobbling back to your front door hoping not to see the robber pop up again.

[@RobertSmith-gu7qo]

I'm with Japan on this. Were I the mayor of Nagasaki I would probably have not invited the US or any other country that is supporting the genocidal extermination of Palestinians. The murder of children because a Hamas leader *might* be in the area is NOT excusable. This is NOT what I served my country to support.

[@Kjellmagneask]

@@RobertSmith-gu7qo I don’t think you know what genocide is

[@adamanter5566]

@@Kjellmagneask the deliberate and systematic destruction of a group of people because of their ethnicity, nationality, religion, or race. Deliberately striking key infrastructure like hospitals, churches, schools and mosques of an overwhelmingly recognised nation I’d say is pretty destructive. Also calling Gazans human animals and amalek is pretty genocidal as well don’t you think.

[@Kjellmagneask]

@@adamanter5566 I don’t think so. Nobody called the allied bombing of their German enemy for genocide. Why should the Jewish state be accused for genocide when bombing their enemy.

[@RobertSmith-gu7qo]

@@Kjellmagneask For your edification: In 1948, the United Nations Genocide Convention defined genocide as any of five "acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group". These five acts were: killing members of the group, causing them serious bodily or mental harm, imposing living conditions intended to destroy the group, preventing births, and forcibly transferring children out of the group. Victims are targeted because of their real or perceived membership of a group, not randomly. Yeah, that should cover it.

[@RobertSmith-gu7qo]

@@Kjellmagneask You are seriously obtuse or a troll. Either way, not worth talking to any further.

[@harjeetkaur9270]

Hats off to the Nagasaki Mayor! The unparalleled hypocrisy of the West continues…

[@darky4555]

It's a bad decision no matter how you look at it. The only ones who are hypocrite are the east.

[@hp5310]

@harjeetkaur9270 it's everywhere. This guy just had a rare W among all the Ls. Don't grand stand when you are probably a westerner.

[@bbb1007]

@@harjeetkaur9270 stop the hate m0r0n

[@ginozameadows7299]

​@@bbb1007 please explain where the hate is in his comments?

[@sheluvssmokedupeyes1]

Do you know why the Nagasaki memorial was created? You wanna talk about hypocrisy of the west you might want to talk about the hypocrisy of the east, because Japan still claims to be a victim when they brought this on themselves you need to look up Pearl Harbor.

[@rwksasc]

Remember that the US is the only country to have ever dropped an atomic bomb. In fact, two!

[@darky4555]

they didn't start the war.

[@hrishikeshbasumatary4725]

​@@darky4555Russia has 6000 atom bombs and have never used even one in a war..... Even Russian have better morals than Americans

[@azlanbinismail]

Actually in a way it did, they stopped the oil flow.

[@bluebird_979]

One Japanese man actually experienced both, after the first one dropped he somehow survived and went back to the other city and told them what happened which they didnt really believe, and then bam the nuke hit that city too.

[@darky4555]

@@bluebird_979 i can imagine they didn't believe it, no one in Asia had ever seen a nuclear bomb explode or had any knowledge of such a thing existing.

[@deen-g]

Thank you Japan for standing for truth and fairness against the tide of oppression (Israel, UK, US).

[@pavelstukl132]

the audacity of US to talk about who should Japan invite to the event of memorial US Bombing their pple is insane

[@darky4555]

no it's not , since japan started the war and lost it, the winner gets to dictate.

[@morissonmaroon8329]

Your also insane.. The grit to say that to the people decimated​@@darky4555

[@troywest1724]

@@darky4555 Actually it’s a known fact that the U.S. government knew that Japan may attack. They purposefully allowed it to happen.

[@kurikuraconkuritas]

@@darky4555 nah, still insane

[@darky4555]

@@kurikuraconkuritas nope

[@Ozzie786-m9z]

Japan has moved in the Right direction. Now other nations can join in the Boycott of Israil ftom thd international platforms. South African faced similar circumstances during the Apartheid era. Why not, Israil.

[@epmcgee]

The only reason countries are fighting for Israel is because they're so politically entrenched with them. It was easy for the world stage to dismiss South Africa because many of the influential powers had little to no (known) association with South Africa. What's even crazier about the history is that the Z!0n!sts were friends of the National Party, and even participated in joint nuclear tests with South Africa during Apartheid. South Africa even supplied them nuclear materials for their nuclear program.

[@Moonneeyman5005]

I am Japanese. I’m proud of my country!

[@vuyilemdladla4576]

Isn't your country still one of the USA's biggest allies, with over 53000 US troops stationed in the country?

[@Moonneeyman5005]

@@vuyilemdladla4576 日本人に何か大切なことを言いたい時は日本語で話してみれば、アメリカ人は英語とう言う言語に甘え過ぎてる！

[@strodo7013]

You're awesome.

[@strodo7013]

@@vuyilemdladla4576 That's insane. I never knew that many were there. Wow, its almost like a hostage situation.

[@Moonneeyman5005]

@@strodo7013 You too

[@francescolovetere3910]

Hiroshima and Nagasaki; the US holds the criminal record for the worst massacres committed against defenseless populations. Perennial shame.

[@darky4555]

nope, that would be the germans.

[@Kaspertube513]

​@@darky4555nope that would be Israel.

[@darky4555]

@@Kaspertube513 Nope that would be Iran, they started this war, don't forget about all the jews that got killed on october 7 th, or do you think they should just get away with it by playing victim now?

[@hp323]

The apple doesn’t fall far from its tree! ISNOTREAL and UASS are made from the same material. They are so desperate to control the world! Bunch of butchers. Every accusation is a confession!

[@hp323]

@@darky4555when you add all the lives lost in all the war they have created, Germany will come no where near ! ☮️

[@petermunro6317]

The man clearly has morals. Shame such values are lacking in UK & US Governments.

[@darky4555]

You are crazy.

[@Boghumuyiyt]

Yeah true.

[@ginoperri2090]

Europa inclusa Amico mio . Pace

[@sabin97]

@@darky4555 why?

[@donHooligan]

@@darky4555 USUK Izzy is the axis of evil.

[@rosemarytony635]

This mayor is an example for our timid, cowardly world and religious leaders to follow. A man of conviction who won't let powerful nations like the US dictate to him. Huge respect!!

[@seniorskateboarder5958]

How petty of U.S. and G7. We are so arrogant to think we can force everyone's behavior.

[@vivek1raja]

It is the wish of their cunning and greedy masters in their tiny hats.

[@Nur1234-mp7sf]

Let us not forget that some Israelis as well as US politicians have publicly advocated for nuking Gaza.... So frankly, the West should just boycott Israel once for all and not Japan. It is unbelievable what the West has to do to keep siding with Zion. I know we know. But this is mind-blowing.

[@HelenaMikas]

Well said ...Thank you

[@r.i.f.2834]

Having said what you said, the US shouldn't be invited as well..

[@FS-dk4hg]

Agreed 💯👌

[@sauronthegreat5799]

The Zionists have a tight leash on their dog ....USA.

[@NaazA-ch6yy]

The West is now 'the emperor with no clothes'. This is the true face of the colonial west.

[@funTimesInTheSun]

Why would Israel be invited to this in the first place? It’s a tiny country that had nothing to do with the A-Bomb in WWII.

[@andreochse9663]

The guy in charge of developing the bomb was jewish

[@missevie432]

Why would USA be invited is the real question?

[@funTimesInTheSun]

@@missevie432 Yes, that too.

[@blume0121]

​@@missevie432 USA should be invited. Germany is also going to every WWII event to show that they feel sorry for the victims. For Germany is no need anymore to do that, but in USA are still many people who think this war crime was fine. So there is a need for USA to go to Nagasaki and Hiroshima to remember how terrible war is.

[@syahyunana]

Good question

[@TigerTigz.]

JAPAN YOU DON'T NEED THEIR APPROVAL NOR THEIR acceptance.

[@darky4555]

Nevertheless it's such a shameful and heinous act.

[@dexenophobia7140]

​@@darky4555Rich coming from you.

[@Burn_Slow]

@@darky4555how? Isnotreal is literally committing mass murder on mostly women and children. They should be globally sanctioned.

[@dunzhen]

Japan is always desperately craving white/American acceptance and validation. Their testosterone got vaporized with the mushroom clouds I'm afraid. Don't be fooled by one gesture, they are still completely controlled by the Americans

[@user-qs6vb5ot2d]

True ..

[@blackwoolongtea1]

I cried a little when I saw your supportive comments from all over the world. I pray for Palestine. From Japan

[@user-gm3lg8gp3m]

Thank you 🙏

[@ediamin6277]

❤❤❤

[@DeRizzlo]

pray for israel

[@isab8597]

Falemderit per lutjet e tuja ne jemi me ju dhe at popull PALESTINEZ kshtu ishim edhe ne 1945 ne Shiptaret

[@user-em3vl6li5w]

@@DeRizzloPray for Palestine. Maybe your comment meant we should pray for Israel because of its common brutality, I do hope so.

[@splinter1055]

A country with a backbone that loves its citizens. Great job Japan

[@UmiYogi0205]

This mayor has my respect. Thank you❤

[@marial6116]

Why is Japan inviting the US to the Nagasaki memorial have they forgotten it was the US that perpetrated that horrendous war crime?

[@jallopenoman1126]

Japan has problems with inferiority complex

[@jallopenoman1126]

They have inferiority complex problems

[@darky4555]

they started the war remember?

[@shayson1357]

@@darky4555 pearl harbor in hawaii is an offshore military base in occupied territory, very different from NUKING two major cities full of civilians.

[@monichat]

@@darky4555 NO

[@cosmicturban2797]

This is just standing up for your values. This mayor is simply demonstrating strong moral fibre.

[@josephgee143]

IF THE US & UK DON'T LIKE IT, DON'T ATTEND AND SHUT UP.

[@hackercoolio]

Japan has gold standard.. the whole world sees it

[@al68fc11]

What standards? Japan invited the countrie who dropped the two bombs. Do you call that high standards?

[@darky4555]

I think they are idiots.

[@jackclient3135]

Japan hat auch viiiiiel Tierleid und die befürworten das auch noch, widerlich 😅

[@monichat]

@@al68fc11 In 1945 the Emperor of Japan wrote to US President Truman to say Japan was ready to SURRENDER. Truman pretended he never received the telegram - US absolutely wanted to use its atomic bombs

[@jallopenoman1126]

Jpn has inferiority complex issues. Isael and along USA and other g7 should have never been invited to any major events worldwide AT ALL, period.

[@squidishtendencies1523]

Not sure why US and UK are on the invite to begin with. Wasnt it THEM who dropped the devices?

[@louistan7560]

Just shows people around the world have had enough of US arrogance and tantrums; and of course, the repeated lies.

[@darky4555]

Oh yeah asif those Iranians don't lie.

[@ॐIo]

​@@darky4555 Iranian lies mean little compared to 2 decades of deceit.

[@shah5524]

​@@darky4555Iranians don't commit genocides like the West (America & Israhell)

[@neilhollands8448]

As a Canadian I am deeply ashamed of my government's choice to sign a joint letter expressing concern over Israel's exclusion from Japan's atomic bomb ceremony.

[@AJ-nf9fz]

Canada has mostly always gone with what the US tells it to do except Jean Chrétien refused to go to war in Iraq. That was a decision that made Canadians proud as the war was triggered by falsities. Now Canadians have again sunk to levels as low as the US says.

[@gregorynixon2945]

Loser.

[@aquamatch]

...truly shameful

[@josemauriciomarroquinclima6398]

Jjajajajaja israel ya es un monton de basura estorbando el camino hay que recogerlo y tirarlo al camion que recoge deshechos

[@josemauriciomarroquinclima6398]

Asi se deben tratar a los cinicos e hipocritas

[@EmmanuelEmmanuel-zo8sr]

Genocide doesn't make you a popular nation

[@hearmeout9138]

Israel is the most belligerent nuclear power and has threatened to use its nuclear weapons in its “Samson Directive” if it is facing defeat in war. As the only nation to ever have nuclear weapons used against it in anger, it is Japan’s right to “snub” the greatest danger to world peace presently. I don’t even know why they invite the US, who were the very people that dropped the bomb on them. If Russia (who lost 20+ million lives during the war against Nazi Germany) can’t be invited to the anniversary of D-Day but Germany can, then Japan can choose not to invite the most uncontrollable, hot-headed nuclear power in the world to their remembrance of the Hiroshima bombing.

[@Nur1234-mp7sf]

Very well informed and well said post. Congrats.

[@abarette_]

Do always remember that the country that gave Israel its nuclear weapons - is the United States.

[@roberttoynton9781]

Well said

[@peterkilbridge6523]

Excellent historical analysis . Two thumbs up. 👍👍

[@chupo4putin]

1. they invite usa coz they are their whooooorse 2. its nagasaki 3. they dont invite izrael coz somebody in japan is realising china is knocking on their doors and nobody can di anything about it ( my not humble opinion)

[@SW-wf3gy]

Respect to Nagasaki

[@darky4555]

Not at all, this is a great scandal since Iran started the war with Israel, none of these victims wouldn't have happened if not for Iran.

[@petergreen5337]

❤agreed

[@Gradgirl]

US is shameful on the matter of Palestinians rights and freedom! I stand with Japan and Palestine! 🇵🇸💜🙏☮️

[@johnjames661]

Stand your ground, Japan!

[@dianablackman4528]

Amen!

[@user-iw8tn4bj7f]

Japonska si vážím .Žijí tam krásní lidé a úžasně pracovití.Mám je rád .

[@Feline-philosopher]

I take my hat off to that mayor in defending his stance. Moments like these are like beacons of light in dark times.

[@rwksasc]

G7 double standards on display. World, please see.

[@HelenaMikas]

The G7 is squalid in my opinion .A club for those seeking more power and deals ...

[@janinak6320]

It is the G7 who should be ashamed but it seems they have no shame when they cannot call out astate committing genocide in front of the whole world and whose leaders are accused of war crimes by the ICJ.

[@darky4555]

Why aren't you complaining about Iran? They started the war against Israel.

[@ibraheemanjum7753]

@@darky4555 Are you dumb or blind?Have you now been seeing what Israel has been doing for the past 8 decades?Iran is a hero and it was high time that someone pushed back against hat wretched bully isreal.

[@mrbrooklynite]

As a American who ain't getting money from aipac or the weapons manufacturers i agree with Japan.

[@susanmercurio1060]

Me too!

[@Rasnaaa]

PROUD OF YOU JAPAN. YOU STOOD WITH HUMANITY. ❤❤❤❤❤FROM INDIA

[@GlobalAnalysis-101]

It is commendable that Japan did not invite Israel, but having the U.S. at Nagasaki memorial is like inviting the murderer of your mother and father to the funeral. Oppenheimer is a huge hit in America (Movie, 7 academy awards), they are still celebrating dropping the bomb on Japan, Oppenheimer was of German-Jewish descent!

[@seanmcelroy5522]

And the main purpose for dropping the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was to show the Soviet Union the new super weapon its former allies now have in their hands. Churchill actually wanted the war to continue and have the western 'allies' attack the Soviet Union. The fact that Russia had just announced that it was putting 1.5m troops into the fight now against Japan was what caused them to surrender, Tokyo took more damage with normal bombs that what took place in Nagasaki.

[@darky4555]

It's opposite , Iran started this war, don't blame Israel for it. All the people who got killed, got killed as a result of the hamas mass killings on jewish people october 7 th. Are we that short memoried? Hello?

[@user-jl3sf2fj2t]

Not taking sides but pretty sure japan massacred a lot by the point they nuked them it was a war Afterall

[@LeeLoo_22]

​@@darky4555.....apache helicopter wht ended ithrel ppl, then a tank came to finish the job. U ppl dont see the news? Also, 75 yrs of atrocities, ppl have a right ti resist an occupation, by intl law.

[@nvshuaib]

@@darky4555Yeah the war started only on October 7. Did you ever ask yourself what the Eastern Europeans doing in Arabian Peninsula?

[@bokisuba9702]

Hypocrisy of the "west" knows no bounds..... DISGUSTING

[@angelab.804]

Much respect to Japan…. Standing up for what’s right is not popular these days but this tells me there’s hope for humanity…. Keep hope alive for Love, Compassion and Respect for human BEINGS …

[@freedom4ever13]

Thank you for standing your ground and not inviting israhel.

[@yayarice7198]

YeS greatest gift

[@PeterWilliamson-nn9et]

The pinnacle of ignorance!Japanese having to explain that the nuclear attack on on the civilian population of Nagasaki was genocide, and so is the bombing and murdering of Palestinians in Gaza Genocide, uncanny how they were unable to understand this?

[@coletteday712]

Japan 🇯🇵 learning it has no true friends in the west Important lesson

[@darky4555]

That's not true, think about all the western anime fans who love Japan, you're full of nonsense.

[@FuturuzedBrain931]

​@@darky4555how does anime fans relate to Western centers of power being assholes? Constantly in the comment section. Claiming you're fighting "stupidity " 🤡🤡

[@Burn_Slow]

@@darky4555your best argument is anime? 🤣

[@woody1452]

​@@Burn_Slow If he added manga to the argument, would it be OK? 😂😂😂😂

[@HelenaMikas]

With friends like those in the west who needs enemies .Most are rank colonialists Germany committed genocide , US/UK did likewise with Serbia , US/UK did so with IRAQ, and it all began with the ethnic cleansing of Native Indians.

[@dominicstadlinwankhar9168]

Hypocrisy of the European nations along with America....Japan should show its own stand like Russia and China

[@user-ig5wx6mz5r]

That's not possible, Japan is an ally of the United States.

[@redatticus7606]

@@user-ig5wx6mz5r give it 20 years

[@dunzhen]

@@user-ig5wx6mz5r you mispelled vassal

[@dunzhen]

America will not allow Japan to be independent. You can't be sovereign with foreign troops on your land

[@Model3GenerativeANdroid]

JBRICS

[@DLeong1]

It's akin to a demand on your host as to who he can and cannot invite; how arrogant is that? The Japanese PM is a snivelling coward to shift the responsibility onto the Mayor of Nagasaki

[@jameschisambi2928]

USA, NATO & EU should not be invited at all. They are birds of same feathers.

[@darky4555]

wtf? So many EU countries had been victim in the second world war, what are you even saying?

[@robertop7602]

Concordo.

[@callwar-zr1xm]

​@@darky4555because of EU WW1 and WW2 started on Europe and spread to Asia

[@e.vaningen3932]

Right including Israel all these nations re racist s

[@hurtlocker8554]

USA,NATO and UE criminal gang !!

[@electron429]

South Africa reminded us.. 1. Israel needs to end its Occupation 2. Withdraw its illegal settlements and settlers 3. Allow the right of Palestinian refugees to return. 4. End the Apartheid

[@lasaraungbakri7386]

Inviting the killer to the victim’s ceremony is quite unsettling to say the most!

[@arvin270]

Great decision. KUDOS TO NAGAZAKI MAYOR 👍

[@yayarice7198]

4 moar yrs √√√√

[@ainulghazali9857]

Kudos to Japan for this examplary act of solidarity to humanity. G7 countries must heed ICJ ruling on Israel. Their biased stand is unacceptable.

[@antonywooster6783]

It also shows where their REAL LOYALTY lies.

[@trixy1823]

AWESOME! Thank you Mr Mayor! Thank you for standing on the right side of history and holding true to the meaning of this memorial!

[@ichigodragon.]

Japan should not have invited the US as well.

[@darky4555]

Japan shouldn't have started the war.

[@ichigodragon.]

@@darky4555 US shouldn't have dropped the nukes. US should learn some manners and try morality for once.

[@PeterDiaz-sg4xe]

Japan should’ve never slaughtered 50 million civilians then even Hitler stated that the Japanese made us look like a bunch of Girl Scouts that that sink in

[@williamdavis9562]

@@darky4555 earlier you were trying to justify the wholesale extermination of the Palestinians in Gaza. Now you're trying to justify dropping a nuclear bomb on civilians? Seriously? On a scale of 1-10 how insanely evil are you really? Do you also strangle puppies for fun on the weekends?

[@hrishikeshbasumatary4725]

​@@darky4555that's why countries are developing nukes of their own now HAPPY..... Today Russians are threating to nuke America

[@gentlemantramp7528]

Have to agree that treating Israel on the same level as Russia and Belarus could be misleading: Russia and Belarus are not conducting a genocide. All the G7 nations, complicit in shredding international law, should be banned from the event.

[@user-ib1mm3gu9g]

you make an excellent point. thank you

[@annaolsson5441]

Russia is conducting a genocide and Putin has been deemed a war criminal by the international court of justice ...Russia is also likely to have helped kindle the genocide in Palestine and the conflict in the middle east as Lavrov Russia's foreign minister visited Hamas before the Kidnappings most likely in an effort to divert international attention from Russia's war of aggression against the Ukraine. Netanyahu who was afraid of going to jail also funneled money to Hamas through backdoor to strengthen them and thus have an enemy to fight dragging Israel into this for his personal gain.

[@gordogunso]

@@gentlemantramp7528 but russia and Israel are allies, and Russia is trying to take Ukraine away from its people.

[@marwaqoura7804]

I agree

[@jl5034]

Facts!!!👍

[@hill16gav]

The world needs more people who value truth and honesty over money. The youth will grow up to see the truth tellers from the silent.

[@sukhparhar]

Why's Nagasaki inviting US, UK? Shameful

[@darky4555]

Because they are part of Japanese history.

[@sukhparhar]

@@darky4555 History of Mass Murder, you mean? I don't see any Red Indians part of American History in USA Diplomatic, Historic Events. Do you? Wrong logic, I guess

[@dexenophobia7140]

​@@darky4555Would izrahell invite hamas?

[@tyrantonion6660]

Because if you don't invite the mafia, they get angry.

[@dunzhen]

we all know you can't get more submissive than Japan...they have a humiliation kink fasho

[@CanerCano-sz5dc]

HUGE RESPECT TO JAPAN !!!! YOU ARE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY !!! SAY NO TO G.ENOCIDE !!!!! ❤❤❤

[@darky4555]

Nope, they are not

[@CanerCano-sz5dc]

@@darky4555 They are...and of course GERMANY, US and UK are boykotting the event ....because they are C.OMPLICIT in the G.enocide of Palestinian People...!!! nobody needs those countries to attend the NAGASAKI event !!!! JAPAN should be really proud of themselves... !!!

[@CanerCano-sz5dc]

@@darky4555 Of course they are !!! And nobody needs G.ermany, UK and A..merica to attend the Nagasaki event.... they are boycotting the event because they are Complicit in Committing G.en.ocide... nobody needs them !!! PROUD OF JAPAN !!!

[@CanerCano-sz5dc]

@@darky4555 Yes they are.... and JAPAN should BE REALLY PROUD OF THEMSELVES !!!!

[@user-dd4jn1es6d]

Bravoooooo Japan

[@nikz_1991]

The Audacity of US to lecture.. Where they are the reason for the Nagasiki at the first place.!

[@garciaparadji4481]

Thank you Japan for having a heart ❤️ to the oppressed people of Palestine.

[@doolallyshake64]

Good on Japan for sticking to their morals.

[@amencke1145]

He's not a hypocrite.

[@annaaxolotl3079]

Il Giappone ha fatto una scelta onorevole saluti dall'Italia

[@kai2193]

I'm genuinely confused why the USA thinks they would have a say in all this. They're the reason why there's a nagasaki memorial in the first place.

[@woody1452]

The US love going around spouting democracy democracy, but they then try to impose their will on others. When they don't get their way they behave like children.

[@tyrantonion6660]

Well because they are the masters and they own japan maybe?

[@azlanbinismail]

Because they're the reason for the memorial. And to them it's an honour to be the cause of the memorial and they should be invited. How twisted is that.

[@procrastinator41]

@@kai2193 Tojo and his cabinet are the reason there are Hiroshima and Nagasaki memorials

[@johnny44_-nd7nq]

We stand with you Mr Suzuki, you have our upmost respect and admiration for your strength.

[@sonihertling6741]

Japan ❤️👍🏼👍🏼❤️❤️❤️🙏🏼 thank You Ihr seid ein gutes Volk 👍🏼

[@m.i856]

Russia isn't doing a genocide.

[@A.SimonsensKanal]

That’s right, thank you for stating that.

[@user-qs6vb5ot2d]

Agree ..

[@donHooligan]

neither is China. USA still is..."Navajo Nation is a Radioactive Wasteland" (SIX SEVEN)

[@NoelleChanHin]

The Japanese are right Israel and genocide Zionism and Judaism have nothing to do with each other

[@constantquestioning4010]

What an utter disgrace the spineless UK has become, Sickening beyond words. The declining U.S. neocons regime is beyond shame and a lost cause. Love to Japan 😔 🙏🏼🕯🕯🙏🏼 Paris

[@randomjive7310]

Thank you, Japan, for standing with humanity.❤❤❤❤❤

[@luongo7886]

More reasons to be proud to be Asian. If I was that Japanese mayor, I would NOT invite any representative from America, Canada, or Europe.

[@procrastinator41]

@@luongo7886 who should be invited to the nanjing memorial ceremony ?

[@luongo7886]

@@procrastinator41 Don’t know and don’t care.

[@ciaranryan7303]

TBF - Norway, Spain and Ireland have been calling for a ceasefire.

[@luongo7886]

@@ciaranryan7303 Also, these same countries (plus other US ALLIES) have just recognized Palestine’s 🇵🇸 right to exist. AIPAC must be steaming mad 😆🥹🤣

[@jadevinceul3433]

1) One Israeli far-right minister, Eliyahu, back in November 2023, many times in public spoke of NUKING Palestinians to get rid of them once and for all. Although he was suspended right away by Netanyahu over his multiple declarations, it’s no wonder that Nagazaki’s mayor wishes to keep popular protests to a minimum, especially as nuclear war remains a threat in the Middle East as a result of what has been happening in Gaza with innocent civilians and children. 2) US’s and UK’s joint protest to the non-invitation of Israel shows the degree to which these nations attribute impunity to Israel, despite the International Court’s latest decision. It also shows the double standard Israel/Russia. 3) It’s ironical how the US ambassador behaves. It is not their country that did not get invited. So why should the ambassador decline the invitation and cause drama when the reason behind the memorial has to do with US direct involvement in the atomic bomb which caused devastation, death and diseases over several generations. I would expect the US to adopt a low profile for the occasion. Just saying… because I am a tiny bit shocked and deeply concerned by the reactions. I no longer feel safe with G7 reactions as a whole, to tell the truth.

[@TragoudistrosMPH]

Thank you! Who complains abiut the guest list at the funeral service for the person they're responsible for making deceased. Revolting. Silence is the least the G7 could have done. A formal complaint? I'm more ashamed of my nation's actions here 🫥

[@zeshanbeig24]

G7 doesn't seem like a peace making organisation. Then why is it created for what??? By who???

[@jadevinceul3433]

@@zeshanbeig24 No, I agree. Not a peacemaking organization at all. It was created in the 1970s in response to OPEC’s oil embargo and the economic crisis which resulted from it. Member states were supposed to face any future economic crises together (France, Japan, US, UK, Italy, Canada and Germany) and to protect the free market system. Russia was excluded from it when it annexed Crimea. In many ways, the creation of G7 wished to be a show of force amidst the depression and beyond. It is part of containment history as well. Is it useful? I have no idea.

[@shaan702]

The US has never formally apologized for what it did in Nagasaki. With a moral compass like that, what do you expect from them?

[@ajs-qv5fe]

huge respect for mr suzuki for his courageous and right decision, and shame on the US, UK, G7 and others who wanna pressure nagasaki to change its stand. the world is with you, mr suzuki, be strong.

[@epmcgee]

The only reason they think it would be misleading is because it makes their narrative harder to perpetuate when their allies disagree on their perspective of Israel. The US and other G7 nations are "thinking about the optics" and what potential ramifications that will have in their support of Israel moving forward. Lets also not forget that Israel has the Samson Option which specifically outlines plans to use nuclear munitions against civilian populations should they be losing any war fought against them. The US wants to preserve the universal message behind Nagasaki by inviting a state that will perform the same actions the very message of Nagasaki is against? Ridiculous

[@ShafiqIshaq]

To the Mayor and people of Nagasaki 🇯🇵 a big thank you for choosing the right path, by not allowing war criminals to attend your ceremony. People across the world support your decision. To the G7 leaders who are boycotting this event you are on the wrong side of history shame on you. Respect and regards from Pakistan 🇵🇰

[@harleyqueen3968]

Thank you Japan GOD Bless and more Power Japan ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@darky4555]

error 404, god not found. , remember Israel did not start this war.

[@dexenophobia7140]

​@@darky4555God not found but izr4hell promise by god 😮

[@keqling7086]

​@@darky4555error israel not found in the world map in 1947

[@Sunopeek]

"The Nagasaki and Hiroshima memorials are for humans to get together and share their common love for humanity and to discourage against war. Inviting Israel would go completely against that, as only humans should attend these peace memorials. It was a tough choice for the mayor to make, but the correct one."

[@MarcioSilva-ssiillvvaa]

Someone with balls. The most absurd thing is inviting the country that dropped the bomb.

[@Jaibheemhundu]

Bravo Japan

[@felipemejia8401]

How denigrating to say: " we will send LOWER RANKING officials to the event". Like the LOWER ranking officials are less human... But, this is The United States.