Barbie's Japanese distributor apologizes for its parent company's reaction to Barbenheimer memes

The memes triggered criticisms in Japan for what many described as minimizing the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

The official Barbie account said in response to the combined Barbenheimer meme: “It’s going to be a summer to remember.” “We apologize to those who felt uncomfortable because of these inconsiderable reactions," Warner Bros. Japan said in a statement posted on X, formerly Twitter.

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Barbie's Japanese distributor apologizes for its parent company's reaction to Barbenheimer memesThe Japanese distributor of the Warner Bros. movie 'Barbie' has apologized for its U.S. parent company's reaction to social media posts about the 'Barbenheimer' blitz that combined images of Barbie and an atomic bomb mushroom cloud. The memes triggered criticisms in Japan for what many described as minimizing nuclear attacks.
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