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Tokyo Olympics president Yoshiro Mori quits after sexist comments uproar

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Tokyo Olympics president Yoshiro Mori quits after sexist comments uproar

Tokyo Olympics president Yoshiro Mori quits after sexist comments uproar

The head of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic organising committee has resigned, a week after his derogatory comments about women triggered an international backlash.

Mori came under pressure to resign after he complained during a meeting of the Japanese Olympic Committee early this month that talkative women tended to make meetings 'drag on too long'.


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