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Emanuel will not attend the event because it was “politicized” by Nagasaki’s decision not to invite Israel, the embassy said.

Smh, can't believe the wokesters made the atomic bomb political.

Also, I thought this was just Rahm Emanuel being unable to contain his assholery even when given a sinecure like the Japanese ambassadorship instead of just doing a J-drama dance like JFK's daughter (she's the one in the Santa suit), but apparently the rest of the G7 + the EU are doing the same:

Nagasaki Mayor Shiro Suzuki on Thursday said his decision not to invite Israel is unchanged despite **announcements by the U.S. and five other Group of Seven countries and the European Union that they will send lower-ranked envoys instead of ambassadors to the ceremony.