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Tokyo 2020 Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori has resigned after making sexist comments that caused an international outcry with less than six months until the virus-postponed Games.
Tokyo 2020 Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori resigned Friday after making sexist comments that caused an international outcry with less than six months until the virus-postponed Games. IMAGES of Yoshiro Mori's press conference
Tokyo Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori bowed to mounting pressure and resigned Friday over sexist remarks, leaving a leadership vacuum after opposition emerged to his favoured successor. The controversy over Mori's comments has been an unwanted additional headache for organisers already struggling to win over a sceptical public less than six months before the Games open.
Tokyo, Feb 12 (EFE/EPA).- The president of the Tokyo 2020 organizing committee announced his resignation on Friday after a controversy sparked by sexist comments he made last week.Former prime minister Yoshiro Mori, 83, announced his resignation from the president's position at a joint session of the committee's executives and the board of councilors in Tokyo. (Camera: KIMIMASA MAYAMA). SHOT LIST: A PROTEST AGAINST TOKYO 2020 OLYMPICS IN TOKYO, JAPAN.
The president of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics organising committee, Yoshiro Mori, will resign over a sexist remark that sparked an outcry, two sources said on Thursday, while the former prime minister said he could not let the controversy drag on.
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