Sony Music, producer apologise over Nazi-like outfits

Sony Music and the producer behind a Japanese girl band that performed in military-style costumes resembling Nazi uniforms apologised on Tuesday following a protest lodged by the Simon Wiesenthal Center. Teeny-boppers Keyakizaka46 had sparked anger with their black one-piece dresses and capes, complete with peaked caps bearing a golden bird symbol resembling the Nazi eagle above a swastika, donned at a Halloween concert in Yokohama on October 22. Rabbi Abraham Cooper, the Simon Wiesenthal Center's associate dean, said the display was "inappropriate and deeply offensive" and called for Sony Music Entertainment — the group's label — and producer Yasushi Akimoto, to apologise.