On eve of Tokyo Olympics, ceremony director axed over Holocaust joke

The Tokyo Olympic organizing committee on Thursday fired a director of the creative team behind the games' opening and closing ceremonies for joking in the past about the Holocaust, the decision coming just a day before the start of the global sporting event.The dismissal of former comedian Kentaro Kobayashi is the latest in a series of embarrassments for the organizing body of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, which are being held under unprecedented restrictions because of the coronavirus pandemic.Kobayashi, 48, was ousted from the post of "show director" in charge of overseeing differe…READ FULL ARTICLE