Taiwan representative in Japan boycotts Nagasaki anniversary ceremony over seating
Summary
Taiwan’s top economic representative in Japan boycotted the ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki. He said the seating arrangements ignored Taiwan’s status as a nation and showed pro-China bias by Nagasaki officials.Key Facts
- The U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, killing about 70,000 people by the end of that year.
- The 81st anniversary ceremony was held on August 9, 2026, at Nagasaki’s Peace Park.
- Taiwan’s representative in Japan, Lee Yi-yang, and two deputies refused to attend because their seats were not treated as diplomatic positions.
- Instead, a lower-ranked Taiwanese official from Fukuoka attended the ceremony.
- Lee accused Nagasaki officials of acting like "a pawn" in China’s position that Taiwan is not a sovereign state.
- Nagasaki officials said the Taiwanese seats were near other envoys and were not clearly marked as nondiplomatic.
- Japan and China established diplomatic ties in 1972, ending official relations between Japan and Taiwan.
- Representatives from 98 countries and international organizations, including the UN and EU, attended the memorial ceremony.
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