Olympics axing plunges Games in more drama

By Mari Saito
Updated July 22 2021 - 3:20pm, first published 3:14pm
Ex-Japan PM Shinzo Abe, here with IOC boss Thomas Bach, won't be attending the opening ceremony.
Ex-Japan PM Shinzo Abe, here with IOC boss Thomas Bach, won't be attending the opening ceremony.

On the eve of the Tokyo Games, organisers have fired the director of the opening ceremony over comments he made about the Holocaust.

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