The decades-old joke came to light days before the ceremony and was the latest scandal to confront organizers of the Tokyo Games.
Author: Motoko Rich, Hikari Hida and Makiko Inoue
Olympic Ceremony’s Creative Director Fired Over Holocaust Joke
The decades-old joke came to light days before the ceremony and was the latest scandal to confront organizers of the Tokyo Games.
The Olympics in 1964 Hailed a New Japan. There’s Less to Cheer This Time.
The country has changed vastly from that hopeful moment nearly six decades ago, and the Olympics this time around have come to represent something different and not entirely positive.