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路透新闻部 1 分钟阅读 TOKYO, Feb 12 (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee said on Friday it was “as committed as ever” to staging the Games this summer, following the resignation of the head of the local Tokyo organising committee. Yoshiro Mori stepped down as Tokyo 2020 president on Friday, five months from the Games’ scheduled opening, after sexist comments that caused outrage at home and abroad. His handpicked successor is former Japan Football Association president Saburo Kawabuchi, 84, who was derided as “another grandpa” by some on social media. “The IOC w...

4 Min Read TOKYO, Feb 12 (Reuters) - In just a week, the metamorphosis was complete: former Japanese prime minister Yoshiro Mori went from being a political asset seen as vital to the Tokyo Olympics’ success to a liability threatening the already cloudy outlook for the Summer Games. Mori, 83, is set to resign on Friday as head of the Tokyo 2020 organising committee after an apology for sexist comments failed to quell domestic and overseas outrage. The groundswell of criticism from athletes, sponsors, volunteers, diplomats, media and ordinary Japanese pierced what one newspaper described as ...

By Reuters Staff 3 Min Read TOKYO, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Tokyo Olympic chief Yoshiro Mori is set to step down after sexist remarks he made that women talk too much sparked a social media firestorm. Mori set to resign: Mori’s history of blunders: Here are Mori’s original comments at a Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) board of trustees meeting and a selection of his answers at a news conference last week: JOC BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING “If we increase the number of female board members, we have to make sure their speaking time is restricted somewhat, they have difficulty finishing, which is a...

Yoshiro Mori, the head of the Tokyo 2020 organizing committee, is set to step down, media reported on Thursday, after setting off a social media firestorm with sexist comments about how women talk too much.

Tokyo 2020 Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori, set to step down on Friday after making sexist comments about women, has a history of gaffes, blunders and sexist remarks, which marred his brief 2000-01 tenure as prime minister and political life.