One of the Tokyo Olympics and Para ceremony members resigned at Powerhara January 21 21:12
One of the key members considering the opening and closing ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics was reprimanded by a major advertising company, Dentsu, for belonging to the team reviewing the ceremony, and resigned from charge of the ceremony. I understood that.
According to the Games Organizing Committee, last month Dentsu reported that "an internal team involved in the opening and closing ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics had a power harassment incident involving a group employee and was disciplined."
The disciplinary action was taken by Kaoru Sugano, Creative Director of the Games Organizing Committee, who conducted specific productions and plans for the opening and closing ceremony of the Tokyo Games with Kyogen teacher Mansai Nomura. As one of the five study teams that worked on such things, he was in charge of producing images that made use of the latest technology.
According to the Organizing Committee, Director Sugano self-restrained from participating in the Olympics opening and closing ceremony after being disciplined by his Dentsu last month after having been disciplined by his affiliated Dentsu last month. However, on the 7th he himself resigned and was accepted by the Organizing Committee.
Dentsu commented, "We have been overworked, have been consulted by the affected employees, and have taken strict sanctions. We deeply apologize for the inconvenience to those involved. We will continue to focus on reforming the working environment. I will do it. "
Organizing committee "Heavily accepts"
Regarding the resignation of Director Sugano, the Organizing Committee of the meeting stated, "I am very keen to work with compliance and take this situation seriously. I was mistaken as one of the main members of the production We will make preparations so that there will be no impact in the future. "