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JOC chief Yagi apologizes for racist remark

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Olympic Committee chief Yushiro Yagi (in this file photo) apologizes April 11 for offensive comments he made about African athletes after Kenyan and Ethiopian runners won the April 9 Nagano Marathon races. Yagi, who had said ''I can't stand losing out to blacks,'' explained his remark was ''in no way meant to be a racial slur and in no way reflect my own views or the views of the JOC.'' Kenyan runner Erik Wainaina won the men's marathon, while Elfenesh Alemu of Ethiopia won the women's version of the Nagano Olympic memorial event.

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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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Okinawa minister refuses to call riot cop's slur discriminatory

Yosuke Tsuruho, the minister in charge of affairs in Okinawa, arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2016. At a press conference, Tsuruho again refused to label a riot police officer's ethnic slur against local anti-U.S. military base protesters in Okinawa as discriminatory, which drew criticism of Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Onaga voices anger at Okinawa minister

At a press conference on Nov. 11, 2016, in Japan's southern city of Naha, Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga voices his anger at Yosuke Tsuruho, the minister in charge of affairs in Okinawa, who has refused to label a riot police officer's ethnic slur against local anti-U.S. military base protesters in Okinawa as discriminatory. "It is quite regrettable," Onaga said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa minister refuses to call riot cop's slur discriminatory

Yosuke Tsuruho, the minister in charge of affairs in Okinawa, meets with reporters at the Diet building in Tokyo on Nov. 10, 2016. Tsuruho again refused to label a riot police officer's ethnic slur against local anti-U.S. military base protesters in Okinawa as discriminatory, while saying intimidating words and actions are not permissible. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa minister draws criticism

Yosuke Tsuruho, minister in charge of affairs in Okinawa, heads to a Cabinet meeting on Nov. 8, 2016, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo. Tsuruho's refusal to label a riot police officer's ethnic slur against local anti-U.S. military base protesters in Okinawa as discriminatory has drawn criticism from the opposition bloc, with Democratic Party leader Renho saying on Nov. 9 that Tsuruho is not qualified to tackle Okinawa issues. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Police officer dispatched from Osaka insults protesters in Okinawa

People protest outside the Osaka prefectural police headquarters in the city of Osaka on Oct. 19, 2016, after a riot police officer dispatched from Osaka to help local police respond to anti-base protests in Okinawa Prefecture hurled an ethnic slur at protesters, calling them "aborigines." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JOC chief Yagi apologizes for racist remark

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Olympic Committee chief Yushiro Yagi (in this file photo) apologizes April 11 for offensive comments he made about African athletes after Kenyan and Ethiopian runners won the April 9 Nagano Marathon races. Yagi, who had said ''I can't stand losing out to blacks,'' explained his remark was ''in no way meant to be a racial slur and in no way reflect my own views or the views of the JOC.'' Kenyan runner Erik Wainaina won the men's marathon, while Elfenesh Alemu of Ethiopia won the women's version of the Nagano Olympic memorial event.