Chinanews client, March 18, according to Japanese media reports, Hiroshi Sasaki, the planning and performance director of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Tokyo Olympics, was accused of having made insulting remarks to a female artist, so he issued an apology in the early morning of the 18th Beijing time. Letter and announced his resignation.

The ill-fated Tokyo Olympics.

　　In February of this year, Yoshiro Mori, the former chairman of the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee, suggested that women's speech time should be limited on the grounds that "the meeting time with women was too long". Related remarks caused great controversy. Yoshiro Mori took the blame and resigned.

Now that the Tokyo Olympics has been hit again, relevant sources revealed that the chairman of the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee Hashimoto Seiko held emergency talks with the relevant parties of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on the evening of the 17th to discuss countermeasures and launch an investigation into the matter.

　　According to the report, Sasaki Hiroshi’s proposal for the performance of female artist Naomi Watanabe included the English word “pig” which means pig to present the role of “Olympig” in a witty way.

Watanabe Naomi is 33 years old and is a Japanese female comedian, host, actor and singer.

　　After Sasaki Hiroshi's remarks were exposed on the 17th, they caused great repercussions in Japan.

Sasaki Hiroshi issued an apology letter in the early morning of the 18th, saying: "For Ms. Watanabe Naomi, my thoughts and remarks are a huge insult. This is unforgivable. I express my deepest apology to her and all those who have been offended. regret."

　　Hiroshi Sasaki served as the director of the 2016 Rio Olympics closing ceremony "Tokyo 8 Minutes", allowing former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to appear in the 2016 Rio Olympics closing ceremony with the image of Mario in the popular game "Super Mario Bros.".

Hiroshi Sasaki also directed the first anniversary of the countdown to the opening of the Tokyo Olympics on July 23 last year.

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