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Was an African musician fired from the Tokyo Olympics Opening Ceremony because he didn’t look Japanese?
Early on July 23, hours before the Tokyo 2020 opening ceremonies, a Senegal musician posted on Facebook that he had been dismissed from performing at the event because a member the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee questioned, “Why is an African is here to perform?” He was dismissed unilaterally in May, he asserts, even though he had been scheduled to perform.
The ceremony, that surprised the world by having Naomi Osaka, a biracial Japanese tennis champion, light the Olympic flames, may have an underbelly that yet places great emphasis on looking “Japanese enough” to succeed in this country. There are already many who question if the theme of “diversity” is really understand by the organizers who have employed for the opening ceremonies an abuser of the disabled, a comedian who joked about the holocaust, and despite all warnings, used the music of an notorious
Shameless Japan
Tokyo should delete Dokdo from its Olympic map
Japan has become the target of growing criticism for its description of Korea s easternmost islets of Dokdo as its territory on the homepage of the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. Japan s Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato has refused to accept Korea s demand that Dokdo be deleted from its Olympic map. During a press conference Friday, Kato, who is also Japanese government s top spokesman, repeated Japan s claim that Takeshima, the Japanese name for Dokdo, is its own territory based on historical fact.
Though expected, Japan s move is very regrettable, as it will surely fan anti-Japan sentiment here and prompt calls for a boycott of the Tokyo Summer Olympics, set to start July 23. Kato s statement followed former Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon s threat of an Olympic boycott unless Japan corrects the Olympic map.