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This undated photo released by Tokyo 2020 shows Kentaro Kobayashi, a key director of Tokyo Olympics’ opening ceremony. The Tokyo Olympic organizing committee dismissed the director of the opening ceremony on Thursday, July 22, 2021 because of a Holocaust joke he made during a comedy show in 1998. (©Tokyo 2020 via AP)

Olympics opening ceremony director fired for Holocaust joke made in 1998

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Seiko Hashimoto, President of the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, delivers a speech during an unveiling event for the elements that will be used during the victory ceremonies in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games at the Ariake Arena, in Tokyo, Thursday, June 3, 2021. (Issei Kato/Pool Photo via AP)

Tokyo Olympics chief says she’s ‘100%’ certain games will go on

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Seiko Hashimoto, president of Tokyo 2020, left, and Toshiro Muto, CEO of Tokyo 2020, attend a media huddle following the IOC Executive Board Meeting at the Tokyo 2020 headquarters in Tokyo, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. (Philip Fong/ Pool Photo via AP)

Tokyo Games delay decision until June on fans — or no fans

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 14, 2021, file photo, Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games mascot Miraitowa poses with a display of Olympic Symbol after an unveiling ceremony of the symbol on Mt. Takao in Hachioji, west of Tokyo to mark 100 days before the start of the Olympic Games. Japan is set to raise the coronavirus alert level in Tokyo’s three neighboring prefectures and a forth area in central Japan to allow tougher measures as a more contagious coronavirus variant spreads and doubts are growing whether the Olympics can go ahead. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool Photo via AP)

Head of Tokyo Olympics again says games will not be canceled

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Seiko Hashimoto, president of the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020), speaks before reporters after a five-party meeting at the Tokyo 2020 headquarters in Tokyo on Wednesday, March 3, 2021. (Du Xiaoyi/Pool Photo via AP)

New Tokyo Olympic president tries to assure Japan on safety

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Seiko Hashimoto, president of the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020), attends a news conference with Toshiro Muto, left, CEO of Tokyo 2020, after a council meeting in Tokyo on Wednesday, March 3, 2021. (Kimimasa Mayama/Pool Photo via AP)

Fans from abroad unlikely for postponed Tokyo Olympics

By Stephen Wade - Associated Press

Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee President Seiko Hashimoto, right, speaks to media after a video conference with the IOC executive board on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021, in Tokyo. Hashimoto, a former Olympics minister and seven time Olympian, was recently appointed the Tokyo 2020 president after her predecessor Yoshiro Mori quit following a backlash over sexist comments he made at an earlier meeting. (Takashi Aoyama/Pool Photo via AP)

It’s March, the month when the Tokyo Olympics were postponed

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Japan's Olympics Minister Seiko Hashimoto, center, is surrounded by reporters at the Lower House in Tokyo, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. Japan's Kyodo news agency, citing a source “familiar with the matter,” said a selection committee will ask Hashimoto to become the new president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee. Hashimoto, who could be named this week, would replace Yoshiro Mori who was forced to resign last week after he made demeaning comments about women — basically saying they talk too much.(Meika Fujio/Kyodo News via AP)

Report: Hashimoto will be offered job to head Tokyo Olympics

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Japan's Olympics Minister Seiko Hashimoto speaks during a press conference at the cabinet office in Tokyo, on Sept. 19, 2019. Japan's Kyodo news agency, citing a source “familiar with the matter,” said Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, a selection committee will ask Hashimoto to become the new president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee. Hashimoto, who could be named this week, would replace Yoshiro Mori who was forced to resign last week after he made demeaning comments about women — basically saying they talk too much.(Kyodo News via AP)

Seiko Hashimoto takes over as Tokyo Olympic president

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press