Tokyo Olympics has been hit by an early off-the-field racism controversy. In response to guidelines from the Tokyo Olympics organizers, one hotel in downtown Tokyo called the Akasaka Excel Hotel Tokyu put up an elevator sign that has not gone down too well with audience. The owners of the hotel were forced to issue an apology for the signs, which have since been removed. As per the hotel officials, the sign was put to separate the movement of Olympics guests from others guests staying at the hotel and not discriminate. One anonymous official told Reuters, “We tried to make it easy to understand but ended up causing misunderstanding.”Discussions are underway between the hotel officials and headquarters on the new expressions to be used.

Source: dna July 14, 2021 07:51 UTC