Tokyo Olympic creative chief reportedly made slur on female comedian

File photo taken in December 2020 shows Hiroshi Sasaki, chief executive creative director of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. Sasaki proposed to some staff members in March 2020 through the messaging app Line an idea involving the entertainer Naomi Watanabe coming down from the sky as a pig as part of the Olympic opening ceremony, according to a report by weekly magazine Shukan Bunshun, made available online on March 17, 2021.

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