Olympic Boss Wanted Flame Lit by ‘Pure Japanese’ Ex-Yankee Player, Not Osaka

The ex-chairman allegedly told staff that baseball player Hideki Matsui—nicknamed “Godzilla”—would be the right fit because he’s a “pure Japanese man” with a “fighting spirit.” TOKYO—The 2020 Olympics delighted the world when, at the opening ceremony on July 23, biracial tennis superstar Naomi Osaka—with a rose-gold torch in her hand—lit the Olympic cauldron. But that wasn’t the original plan. Acc

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‘Pure Japanese’（純日本人）のソース、 #森喜朗 の性差別や「神の国」発言にも触れたdailybeastの記事。「Olympic opening ceremony that was depressing as hell.」

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「Mori was Japan’s prime minister in 2000, he had said in a speech, “Japan is a nation of the gods, with the emperor in the center,”」