THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
July 22, 2021 at 15:33 JST
Kentaro Kobayashi, a former member of the comedy unit Rahmens (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Comedian Kentaro Kobayashi was dismissed as director of the Olympic Opening and Closing ceremonies over a past skit that made jokes about Holocaust victims, the problem-plagued Tokyo organizing committee said July 22. [Read More]
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