Interpreter under fire in Japan after calling African runners "chimpanzees"

An interpreter in a recent international marathon race in Japan has come under fire after she called runners from African countries "chimpanzees" in a blog post.The interpreter who is in her 50s apologized for choosing the words in a careless manner and closed the online post, the organizers of the Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon said Friday.The woman as a paid volunteer helped runners the organizer invited from overseas in the race which took place on Feb. 3 on a course running through Oita and Beppu in the southwestern prefecture of Oita.The organizers invited five marathoners from Morocco, …READ FULL ARTICLE