Nagasaki Mayor Shiro Suzuki speaks at a press conference at Nagasaki city hall on Aug. 27, 2024. (Kyodo)

NAGASAKI - The Nagasaki city office has received some 1,500 instances of critical feedback in English regarding its decision not to invite the Israeli ambassador to Japan to a recent ceremony marking the 79th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing, its mayor said Tuesday.