Published 3 years ago

Tokyo 2020 chiefs fire opening ceremony director over Holocaust joke

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Kentaro Kobayashi was fired after a video of a comedy routine he performed in the 1990s surfaced in which he appeared to joke about the Holocaust. He is the latest in a series of high-profile firings and resignations of officials involved in the Tokyo Games. A professor of economics at Japan's Keio University said the international spotlight created by the Olympics is creating something of a reckoning.

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Times of India

Olympics opening ceremony director steps down over past comments on holocaust

Olympics opening ceremony show director Kentaro Kobayashi has stepped down from his post following news reports about his past comments on the Holocaust, the Mainichi newspaper reported on Thursday.

3 years ago·India

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BBC News

Olympics opening ceremony director dismissed on eve of event

After the removal of Kentaro Kobayashi, organisers are now re-assessing how to hold Friday's event.

3 years ago·United Kingdom

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Yahoo News

Tokyo Olympics Opening Ceremony director ousted for Holocaust jokes

Kentaro Kobayashi was dismissed for comments he made during a comedic act over two decades ago.

3 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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News18 India

Olympics Opening Ceremony Director Fired Over Holocaust Comments on Eve of the Tokyo Games

The Tokyo 2020 organising committee said Kentaro Kobayashi, who is listed as a show director for the Games' opening event, was fired

3 years ago·India

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The Guardian

Tokyo 2020: director of opening ceremony sacked over 1998 Holocaust joke

Head of organising committee apologises for latest scandal to hit preparations for the Olympic GamesPreparations for the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics have been thrown into further turmoil after the show’s director was sacked over a joke about the Holocaust he made in the late 1990s.Kentaro Kobayashi, a popular entertainer, was dismissed after a video clip resurfaced online of a skit in which he joked about a game he called “let’s play …

3 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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CTV News

Olympic opening ceremony director fired for Holocaust joke

The Tokyo Olympic organizing committee fired the director of the opening ceremony on Thursday because of a Holocaust joke he made during a comedy show in 1998.

3 years ago·Canada

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