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Feb 12, 2021
OSAKA – The domestic and international furor surrounding Yoshiro Mori, president of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Organising Committee, whose sexist comments resulted in his resignation Friday, puts an end to the latest chapter in the career of one of Japan’s most influential, but controversial, public figures.
Despite broad domestic and international criticism that the 83-year old Mori was out of touch and a relic of a bygone era, many within the Japanese Olympic movement and the administration of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga initially either urged Mori to stay or were reluctant to call for his resignation.
In the end, even the International Olympic Committee which had earlier said that with Mori’s apology the problem was over condemned his comments as inappropriate and contradictory to its Olympic goals.
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Organisers of the 2022 Pacific Mini Games remain confident the event will go ahead, despite lingering concerns over the impact of Covid-19.
The Northern Marianas was originally set to host the multi-sport event in June before it was delayed by 12 months because of the global pandemic.
Chair of the Games Organising Committee, Marco Peter, said the CNMI is ready to welcome athletes and officials to Saipan but they are reliant on the resumption of commercial flights into the territory.
“Our goal in the Marianas is to get up to 90 percent of our community vaccinated, so once that vaccine happens throughout the community up to 90 percent there could be a chance where we might be able to have the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration in the US) open up more flights for us.”