Biden unlikely to visit Nagasaki during Japan trip for G7

No need to follow unnecessary ritual and PR stunt that Japan always want to show to world leader for being the only one that being victimized during WW2. The war that Japan started by the way.

The last thing we need is a horrific gaffe at Nagasaki.

so don’t go is safest.

Make the time, President Biden. This is an important issue especially with Putin & Co threatening the use of nuclear weapons in Europe.

Make the time, President Biden. This is an important issue especially with Putin & Co threatening the use of nuclear weapons in Europe.

Maybe Biden will find the courage to apologize to the Japanese people...Just the right time and place

President Obama's speech given at Hiroshima Peace Park is easily accessible. https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2016/05/27/remarks-President-obama-and-prime-minister-abe-japan-hiroshima-peace

Maybe Biden will find the courage to apologize to the Japanese people....

For what? For the Nagasaki bombing to compel Japan's Supreme War Council to become deadlocked and thus turn to the Emperor to offer surrender, thus quickly ending the war and prompting the demobilization of the million Japanese soldiers who had been deployed to Kyushu and were digging in for a fight to the death that would also force the local civilians to face the might of the US military with sticks and stones and leading to untold deaths of people on both sides over a protracted period of time?

Yeah, well, that will never happen and should never happen.

For what? For the Nagasaki bombing to compel Japan's Supreme War Council to become deadlocked and thus turn to the Emperor to offer surrender, thus quickly ending the war and prompting the demobilization of the million Japanese soldiers who had been deployed to Kyushu and were digging in for a fight to the death that would also force the local civilians to face the might of the US military with sticks and stones and leading to untold deaths of people on both sides over a protracted period of time?

Yeah, well, that will never happen and shou

What to say? There is nothing to say nor question. No words in my vocabulary...sauf: homo dolboёbicus!

Unfortunate, specially with the current situation that would benefit from a clear anti-nuclear declaration of the gesture. Nagasaki is specially appropriate since the clear message the city has traditionally promoted is not about guilt or retribution but prevention of nuclear attacks as the ultimate priority.

Fully agree with Biden on this one.

There is no reason that would serve US interests if he were to go to Nagasaki.

Japan does not have nuclear weapons, and is not a threat to develop nuclear weapons, so obviously its anti-nuclear declarations are still in place, and the prevention of nuclear attacks has always been a US priority, without the need to visit a foreign former target.

Just as long as Kishida also visits Pearl Harbor.

Of course biden wouldnt go to Nagasaki......america is the only country to have ever used " Weapons of mass destruction " on other human beings....but they are always preaching to the rest of the world about Iran and North korea etc !!!

Scheduling conflicts, when maybe visiting a nearby chip factory project in neighboring Kumamoto is possible, but putting a flower bouquet in Nagasaki is not? That’s of course both possible within a few hours.

He's too old to travel.

There is no reason that would serve US interests if he were to go to Nagasaki.

Since the US has made painfully obvious it is interested in reversing nuclear proliferation the visit and the clear message it would convey aligns completely with that interest.

It is of benefit of every country to reduce the risk of nuclear warfare, that includes the US.

and the prevention of nuclear attacks has always been a US priority, without the need to visit a foreign former target.

With this you contradict your previous point, something not being necessary do not mean it is not beneficial.

Since the US has made painfully obvious it is interested in reversing nuclear proliferation the visit and the clear message it would convey aligns completely with that interest.

Funny, I get just the opposite impression. Biden never has and never will do anything to slow down the US business of war. It is his bread and butter.

Biden never has and never will do anything to slow down the US business of war. 

War is a good business, nuclear war not so much, there is a huge difference.

Maybe Biden will find the courage to apologize to the Japanese people...Just the right time and place

I could understand Harry Truman apologizing (though not agreeing with it), but Biden? 78 years after the end of WW2? No.

I could understand Harry Truman apologizing (though not agreeing with it), but Biden? 78 years after the end of WW2? No.

At this point, all the reading Japanese swallowed in unison and applauded. I won’t be surprised if I find out that in Japanese history textbooks everything has long been corrected to “the Russians did it all”

Aly RustomApr. 7  11:56 am JST

Just as long as Kishida also visits Pearl Harbor.

If invited I'm absolutely sure he will. Obama and Abe together visited Hiroshima as well as Pearl Harbor.

JeffLeeApr. 7  09:50 am JST

Maybe Biden will find the courage to apologize to the Japanese people....

Yeah, well, that will never happen and should never happen.

Maybe not Biden. And maybe after we're all gone. But eventually it will happen and should happen.

Many Americans who actually fought in WWII aren't as hard headed and righteous as some young ones who have only read about it. Not even from books but from the internet.

A Biden visit would not serve US interests. Especially since Japan does not have nuclear weapons, although some are not aware of this.