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Tokyo Olympics president Yoshiro Mori quits after sexist comments uproar
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Published on February 17, 2021 - Duration: 02:48s
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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