台湾驻日本经济文化代表处代表李镛杨因座位问题抵制了长崎81周年原爆纪念仪式[1]。李镛杨及其两名副手被排除在外交使节预留座位之外，仅派遣低级官员出席该活动[1]。李镛杨指责长崎官方"蓄意否定台湾国家地位，完全无视台湾主权和尊严"，并称其"充当中国坚持台湾非国家、无主权的棋子"[1]。
对此，长崎官方辩称台湾代表座位与其他使节相近，非刻意区别对待[1]。长崎市长铃木皇罗原计划稍后向记者发表谈话[1]。本次纪念仪式吸引了来自98个国家和3个国际组织（包括联合国、欧盟、国际红十字委员会）的代表参加[1]。
李镛杨于2024年9月赴任日本，是首位出席广岛和长崎纪念仪式的台湾代表处代表[1]。这并非长崎纪念活动首次遭遇外交争议——2024年纪念仪式也曾被美国大使拉姆·伊曼纽尔及其他六国集团国家代表抵制，原因是未邀请以色列[1]。1945年8月9日，长崎遭原子弹轰炸，年底死亡人数达7万人[1]。
Taiwan's economic and cultural representative to Japan, Lee Yong-yang, has boycotted this year's 81st anniversary commemoration ceremony for the Nagasaki atomic bombing in protest over seating arrangements [1]. Lee and his two deputies were excluded from the diplomatic section reserved for foreign envoys, with only lower-ranking officials attending the event in their stead [1].
Lee accused Nagasaki officials of deliberately denying Taiwan's national status, stating that the arrangement was "a deliberate negation of Taiwan's national standing, completely disregarding Taiwan's sovereignty and dignity" [1]. He further charged that local authorities were "acting as a pawn of China's insistence that Taiwan is not a nation and has no sovereignty" [1]. Nagasaki Mayor Shiro Suzuki countered that Taiwan's seating was positioned similarly to that of other representatives and was not intended as differential treatment [1].
The ceremony drew participants from 98 countries and three international organizations, including the United Nations, European Union, and International Committee of the Red Cross [1]. Lee, who assumed his position in September 2024, became the first Taiwan representative to attend both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki anniversary commemorations [1]. The 2024 Nagasaki ceremony had also witnessed boycotts from U.S. Ambassador Ram Emanuel and representatives from six other Group of Seven nations, who protested the absence of Israel from the guest list [1].