After the removal of Kentaro Kobayashi, organisers are now re-assessing how to hold Friday's event.
Kentaro Kobayashi has been dismissed as creative director of the Olympics opening and closing ceremonies
Footage of Kentaro Kobayashi from the 1990s recently emerged in which he seems to be making jokes about the Holocaust. Organisers are also dealing with rising Covid case numbers among athletes and officials. On Thursday, organisers said 91 people accredited for the Games have now tested positive for the virus."With the opening ceremony being so imminent, we apologise for causing concern to those involved in the Olympics, to the citizens of Tokyo and the Japanese public," Mr Hashimoto said in a statement.
"Any person, no matter how creative, does not have the right to mock the victims of the Nazi genocide," Rabbi Abraham Cooper, SWC Associate Dean and Global Social Action Director said."Entertainment should not make people feel uncomfortable. I understand that my stupid choice of words at that time was wrong, and I regret it," it said.The organisers of the Tokyo games have had to deal with other high-profile resignations too.
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