Olympics director fired over Holocaust joke

The director of the opening ceremony for the Tokyo Olympics was fired on Thursday over accusations of a Holocaust joke he made. [Forward to a friend]( | [Subscribe]( | [View in your browser]( [Top of The World]( --------------------------------------------------------------- What The World is following Olympics director fired over Holocaust joke [A flight attendant walks by a display of Tokyo 2020 Olympics at Narita International Airport, July 15, 2021.] Credit: Kiichiro Sato/AP Olympics The director of the opening ceremony for the Tokyo Olympics [was fired on Thursday]( over accusations of a Holocaust joke he made many years ago. The organizing committee for the games dismissed Kentaro Kobayashi, just one day before the pandemic-delayed opening ceremonies are set to take place. Kobayashi allegedly used the Holocaust in a joke he made during a comedy show in 1998. 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