A ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki is held inside the Nagasaki Peace Park on Sunday. Over the past year, many Japanese Diet members had called on the Nagasaki City government to change its designation of Taiwan at the annual ceremony. Lee said it was regrettable that the Nagasaki City government continued to inappropriately label Taiwan's delegation this year. At the Hiroshima memorial, Taiwan's delegation was seated in the diplomatic corps section alongside representatives from Paraguay, the Holy See, Israel, India and Armenia. The Nagasaki City government had not made a public statement in response to Lee's comments as of press time.