India, Oct. 23 -- American comedian Sammy Obeid is reported to have said that he was prevented from entering Japan by the Japanese authorities and denied the opportunity to perform his stand-up comedy acts. According to him, the information regarding his experience was provided via several X postings.

"I was denied entry and kept in solitary confinement for 24 hours because of a stand up comedy performance with 40 people in attendance," he added. Obeid said sorry to all his fans for not getting a chance to perform and stated that he would be sent to the US. At the time of writing the initial news report, no statement on this issue had been provided by the Japanese authorities.

Obeid also provided a few options for those people holding t...