Keigo Oyamada, a Japanese composer whose music is part of the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony, has apologised for bullying a classmate during his childhood. The reports of his abusing a child with disabilities, which surfaced online recently and got covered in Japanese media, are sparking a backlash on social media, demanding his resignation. Oyamada, a well-known rock musician, had boasted about the abuse in detail in Japanese magazine interviews he gave in the 1990s. Surveys show the Japanese public remains worried about health risks, and some want the event canceled or postponed again. IOC President Thomas Bach has faced protesters in Tokyo and Hiroshima, the site of the World War II atomic bombing.

Source: The Star July 18, 2021 02:26 UTC