Tokyo Olympic organizing committee head Mori to resign

Tokyo Olympic organizing committee head Mori to resign

File photo taken on July 12, 2018, shows Tokyo Olympic organizing committee head Yoshiro Mori speaking to reporters in Tokyo. Mori decided in February 2021 to resign to take the blame for his Feb. 3 remarks slammed in Japan and abroad as sexist.

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