Tokyo 2020 Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori is expected to resign on Friday over his sexist comments, with the mayor of the Olympic village Saburo Kawabuchi saying Mori had asked him to take over. The 83-year-old Mori, a former Japanese prime minister, sparked a global outcry with sexist comments that women talk too much, which he made during an Olympic committee …
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 …