Hayao Miyazaki: “The reason I wasn’t here for the Academy Award was because I didn’t want to visit a country that was bombing Iraq”

Miyazaki breaks his silent protest of America's actions in Iraq with visit to the U.S. (2009)

https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/hero-complex-blog/story/2009-07-24/comic-con-miyazaki-breaks-his-silent-protest-of-americas-actions-in-iraq-with-visit-to-the-u-s