# Takaichi lacks courage to say who dropped atomic bomb on Japan — MFA

https://mins.news/en/item/17387

- TASS, 2026-08-09 10:32 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2170683

> The Russian Foreign Ministry says Takaichi failed to mention that the United States dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki. The omission came during her remarks at a ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of the city’s atomic bombing. The ministry characterized this as a lack of courage to identify who carried out the bombing. Its criticism centers on Takaichi’s wording at the commemoration and the absence of a reference to US responsibility.

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