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" The BBC has apologised for jokes in QI about a man who survived two atomic bombs. In the show, which aired in December, Stephen Fry introduced a segment about Tsutomu Yamaguchi. Yamaguchi was in Hiroshima when it was bombed on August 6, 1945, and then travelled by train to Nagasaki, which was bombed on August 9. Fry suggested that Tsutomu was either &amp;quot;the unluckiest or luckiest&amp;quot; man in the world, while panellist Rob Brydon joked: &amp;quot;Is the glass half empty, is it half full? Either way, it&amp;#039;s radioactive, so don&amp;#039;t drink it!&amp;quot; Meanwhile, Alan Davies suggested that the first bomb &amp;quot;bounced off&amp;quot; Yamaguchi and the panellists expressed surprise that he had been able to get the train so soon after the Hiroshima bomb, leading to jokes about the British public transport system. However, the Japanese embassy complained in a letter to the BBC that the programme had made light of the bombings. Japanese residents who saw the show on YouTube also criticised the comments, while Yamaguchi&amp;#039;s daughter suggested that the comedians had &amp;quot;looked down&amp;quot; on her father. The Guardian reports that the BBC and QI&amp;#039;s production company Talkback Thames have now released a joint statement, saying: &amp;quot;We are sorry for any offence caused. QI never sets out to cause offence with any of the people or subjects it covers. However, on this occasion, given the sensitivity of the subject matter for Japanese viewers, we understand why they did not feel it appropriate for inclusion in the programme.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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