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Published on: Friday, July 23, 2021 By: AFP Kentaro TOKYO: The director of the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony was fired for jokes about the Holocaust on Thursday, causing fresh embarrassment a day before the pandemic-delayed Games finally get under way. The latest row involving a senior Games figure comes at a time of widespread opposition to the 2020 Olympics as Tokyo battles its highest number of coronavirus cases since January. Japan’s Covid-19 crisis has worsened in the 16 months since the Olympics’ unprecedented postponement, prompting a state of emergency and a ban on all Games spectators in Tokyo. ADVERTISEMENT But organisers will hope Friday’s opening ceremony at a near-empty Olympic Stadium and the start of the full sporting programme on Saturday will change attitudes among a wary public.

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