(ANSA) - TOKYO, 22 JUL - The artistic director of the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics, Kentaro Kobayashi, has been fired from his post due to a Holocaust story that dates back to several years ago. The organizers announced this on the eve of the ceremony scheduled for tomorrow.
"We learned that - Tokyo 2020 president Seiko Hashimoto told reporters - in a past artistic performance" Kentaro Kobayashi "used disrespectful language on a tragic historical fact". (HANDLE).