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Tokyo Olympics Chief Resigns for ‘Inappropriate’ Comments About Women

Octogenarian Kawabuchi says he won’t take over the job
Support for delayed Games has shriveled amid virus worries

Yoshiro Mori, on Feb. 12.Photographer: Yoshikazu Tsuno/Gamma-Rapho/Bloomberg

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By Isabel Reynolds and Shiho Takezawa

February 12, 2021 at 12:00 AM UTC

Updated on

February 12, 2021 at 11:02 AM UTC

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Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori resigned as the chief of the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee after he made sexist comments that added more troubles to the virus-delayed Olympics.

Mori, 83, announced he was stepping down at an emergency meeting of the group held Friday, after he called his remarks “inappropriate,” and said he cannot be a hindrance to Olympics preparations.