Taiwan Representative in Japan Boycotts Nagasaki Anniversary Ceremony over Seating
Taiwan sent a lower-ranking official after Lee Yi-yang said the seating plan downgraded the delegation’s status, officials said.
- On Sunday, Taiwan Representative to Japan Lee Yi-yang boycotted the Nagasaki Peace Memorial Ceremony, protesting the Nagasaki City Government's decision to label his delegation an "International NGO" rather than a diplomatic mission.
- The Nagasaki City Government maintained its policy of inviting only officially recognized diplomatic missions, a stance Lee characterized as "subservience to China's will" that disregarded Taiwan's sovereignty and dignity.
- Contrasting with his treatment in Nagasaki, Lee attended the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony on Thursday, where he was seated alongside foreign envoys from Paraguay, the Holy See, Israel, India, and Armenia.
- TECO Fukuoka Office Director Chen Ming-chun represented Taiwan at Sunday's ceremony after Lee and his deputies declined to attend, while Taiwan's government lodged a formal protest against the seating arrangement.
- Beijing is "the biggest disruptor of regional peace," Lee said, criticizing China for expanding its nuclear arsenal and conducting military exercises in the Indo-Pacific, framing the ceremony's peace calls within regional security tensions.
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Taiwan envoy skips Nagasaki memorial over seating row and China concerns
Taiwan's top representative in Japan skipped the Nagasaki atomic bombing memorial over a seating dispute. The row exposed how Taiwan's status and China tensions can spill into remembrance diplomacy.
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TOKYO (AP) — Taiwan’s leading economic representative in Japan said he boycotted this year’s memorial event for the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki on the Japanese city, and accused...
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Taiwan representative in Japan boycotts Nagasaki bombing anniversary ceremony over seating
Taiwan's top economic representative in Japan says he boycotted this year’s memorial marking the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
Taipei protests ‘snub’ at Japan memorial
Taipei yesterday protested the seating arrangement at the Nagasaki atomic bombing memorial ceremony, saying that the Nagasaki City Government’s decision to place its representative outside the diplomatic delegation area slighted Taiwan’s national status and played into Beijing’s efforts to suppress
Taiwan envoy to Japan protests Nagasaki memorial designation, skips event
Tokyo, Aug. 9 (CNA) Taiwan's representative to Japan, Lee Yi-yang (李逸洋), said Sunday that he decided not to attend an annual atomic bombing memorial ceremony in the Japanese city of Nagasaki earlier in the day to protest the labeling of his delegation as an "international nongovernmental organization."
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