The U.S. ambassador to Japan skipped this year’s atomic bombing memorial service in Nagasaki after Israel was not invited. Ambassador Rahm Emanuel instead honored the victims of the Aug. 9, 1945, atomic bombing at a ceremony at a Buddhist temple in Tokyo. (AP video: Ayaka McGill)
US ambassador comments after skipping Nagasaki atomic bomb memorial over uninvited Israel
The U.S. ambassador to Japan skipped this year’s atomic bombing memorial service in Nagasaki after Israel was not invited. Ambassador Rahm Emanuel instead honored the victims of the Aug. 9, 1945, atomic bombing at a ceremony at a Buddhist temple in Tokyo. (AP video: Ayaka McGill)