The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Organising Committee is set to convene a special board meeting as early as this week after the outcry over committee president Yoshiro Mori’s sexist comments, local media reported on Tuesday. RELATED | Nearly 60 percent of Japanese think Mori unfit for role as Olympics chief “We are taking this very seriously,” said Olympic Minister Seiko Hashimoto …
Tokyo Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori on Thursday apologised for sexist comments about women talking too much, but said he would not resign, even as his remarks sparked a firestorm of criticism on social media and risked tainting public opinion of the Games. Yoko Shida, a professor of constitutional law at Musashino Art University, said Mori’s comments ran counter to the …
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