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NHK
15 hours ago
- Politics
- NHK
Russian ambassador to attend Nagasaki peace ceremony
Russia's ambassador to Japan is set to attend an annual peace ceremony this August in Nagasaki. It's the first time Russia has been invited since invading Ukraine. The event will take place on August 9, exactly 80 years since the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city in western Japan. The Russian Embassy in Tokyo says Ambassador Nikolay Nozdrev will attend. The city had not invited Russia and ally Belarus since 2022. But officials say they plan to invite all countries and regions with diplomatic missions in Japan this year. Russian Embassy officials told NHK that the ambassador decided to attend after receiving an invitation signed by the Nagasaki mayor. They also say they received an explanation about previous circumstances. The embassy says Ambassador Nozdrev will not attend a ceremony on August 6 in the city of Hiroshima. NHK has learned that Norwegian Nobel Committee Chair Joergen Frydnes plans to make a four-day visit to both cities starting July 21. He is expected to exchange opinions with atomic bomb survivors, known as hibakusha. The committee awarded last year's Nobel Peace Prize to Nihon Hidankyo, an organization that represents survivors of the atomic bombings and calls for the abolition of nuclear weapons.
Japan Times
a day ago
- Politics
- Japan Times
Russian envoy to attend peace ceremony in Nagasaki
Russian Ambassador to Japan Nikolay Nozdrev will attend a ceremony in Nagasaki on Aug. 9 commemorating the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the city, Moscow's state-run Tass news agency reported Thursday, citing the Russian Embassy in Tokyo. Nozdrev will be the first Russian representative to attend the annual peace ceremony since the country's invasion of Ukraine began in 2022. The decision to send the ambassador was made after Nagasaki city officials visited the embassy to extend an invitation, according to the embassy. In May, Nagasaki Mayor Shiro Suzuki said that his city would invite Russian and other ambassadors to this year's ceremony. Last year, Nozdrev criticized the governments of Nagasaki and Hiroshima, another city hit by a U.S. atomic bomb in 1945, for not inviting representatives of Russia to their memorial ceremonies.
NHK
09-05-2025
- Politics
- NHK
Nagasaki to invite all countries and regions to peace ceremony on August 9
The mayor of Nagasaki plans to invite all countries and regions with diplomatic missions in Japan to this year's peace ceremony, which marks the 80th anniversary of the US atomic bombing of the city. This is the first time for Nagasaki to invite all countries and regions to the annual ceremony on August 9 since 2021. Last year, Nagasaki did not invite Israel. The city said it wanted to ensure the ceremony to mourn atomic bomb victims would be carried out smoothly in a calm and solemn atmosphere. The US ambassador and those from some other countries responded to the city's decision by not attending the ceremony. Russia and Belarus have not been invited to the ceremony since 2022 after Moscow began its invasion of Ukraine. Mayor Suzuki Shiro said in a news conference on Thursday that the city plans to invite all countries and regions, including Israel and Russia, which have embassies and diplomatic missions in Japan. Suzuki said he hopes all representatives will attend the ceremony, especially now that divisions in the international community are deepening. He said he wants them to witness with their own eyes, hear with their own ears, and feel in their hearts the cruel and inhumane consequences of the use of atomic weapons. The city plans to take strict security measures and to request the attendees' cooperation for a calm and solemn ceremony.
