Organizers of the Tokyo Games are scrambling to make last-minute changes to the Olympics opening ceremony after one of its music composers resigned due to his past boasts about abusing schoolmates with disabilities.
The bombshell resignation of Keigo Oyamada, who is better known as Cornelius, is the latest in a litany of setbacks to hit the Games, which are slated to kick off Friday.
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