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Ex-Japan PM Mori

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori gives an interview on July 4, 2023, in Tokyo.

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Ex-Japan PM Mori

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori gives an interview on July 4, 2023, in Tokyo.

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Ex-Japan PM Mori

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori gives an interview on July 4, 2023, in Tokyo.

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Ex-Japan PM Mori

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori gives an interview on July 4, 2023, in Tokyo.

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Farewell service held for Japan wrestling icon

Photo taken on March 7, 2023, shows former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori attending a service to bid farewell to Japanese professional wrestler-turned-lawmaker Antonio Inoki, held at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo with about 7,000 people in attendance. Inoki, who took on world boxing champion Muhammad Ali in 1976, was inducted into the World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Fame in 2010.

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Sumo: Ex-yokozuna Hakuho's retirement ceremony

Former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (R) attends former sumo grand champion Hakuho's retirement ceremony at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Jan. 28, 2023. Some 280 people took turns snipping bits of the topknot of the wrestler, who won a record 45 grand sumo tournament titles, a ritual that marks his formal retirement.

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Universities, Tokyo 2020 partnered

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo 2020 President Yoshiro Mori gives an address at the signing ceremony of a partnership with Japanese universities at Waseda University in Tokyo, on June 23, 2014.

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Roh intends to take up abductions of Japanese in Korea summit

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun (L) meets with former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori at the presidential office in Seoul on Sept. 3. Roh told Mori that he intends to bring up the issue of abductions of Japanese by North Korean agents during his talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang next month, according to the Japanese lawmaker's aides.

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Tokyo Olympic chief Mori to resign

TOKYO, Japan, Feb. 11 Kyodo - Tokyo Olympic organizing committee chief Yoshiro Mori (L) and former Japan Football Association President Saburo Kawabuchi are pictured during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2020. Mori decided in February 2021 to step down over making controversial remarks blasted both in Japan and abroad as sexist, with Kawabuchi likely to replace him.

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Likely new Tokyo Olympic organizing committee head

TOKYO, Japan, Feb. 11 Kyodo - Photo taken Dec. 15, 2020, shows former Japan Football Association President Saburo Kawabuchi. He may replace Yoshiro Mori, who decided in February 2021 to resign as Tokyo Olympic organizing committee head over his Feb. 3 remarks slammed in Japan and abroad as sexist.

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200 days to Tokyo Olympics

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 6 Kyodo - Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics organizing committee head Yoshiro Mori (front C) raises his fist with employees of the organization in Tokyo on Jan. 6, 2020, exactly 200 days before the opening of the Summer Olympics.

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IOC chief Bach in Tokyo

TOKYO, Nov. 28 Kyodo - International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach holds dolls of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic mascots during his visit to the secretariat office of the organizing committee of the Tokyo 2020 Games on Nov. 28, 2018, in Tokyo. Seen at the left is Yoshiro Mori, the Tokyo Games organizing committee chief.

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Olympics: Mori speaks about Tokyo Gov. Koike

TOKYO, Japan, June 20 Kyodo - Tokyo Olympic organizing committee President Yoshiro Mori speaks to reporters in Tokyo on June 20, 2017, after Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike announced her plans for the relocation of Tsukiji fish market and the opening of the No. 2 ring road between the Olympic Park and the Olympic village by the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. Mori said, "I cannot help but wonder why it took her this long to reach a decision. It's a bit disappointing."

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Tokyo 2020 chief Mori at coordination meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (C), head of the organizing committee for the 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, addresses a coordination meeting in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2014. Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe and Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister Hakubun Shimomura are sitting left and right, respectively, to Mori.

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IOC's Coates in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - International Olympic Committee Coordination Commission Chairman John Coates (L) shakes hands with former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, president of the organizing committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, during a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Nov. 19, 2014. Coates was visiting Tokyo for the second time to monitor the progress of the city's preparations for the Games.

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IOC proposes new venue for 2020 Olympic basketball

TOKYO, Japan - John Coats (L), chairman of the Coordination Commission of the International Olympic Committee, and Yoshiro Mori, head of the organizing committee for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, speak to the press in the Japanese capital on Nov. 19, 2014, about Coats' proposal to hold the basketball competition in Osaka, western Japan, at the Summer Games.

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Japan, IOC discuss preparedness for 2020 Tokyo Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, head of the organizing committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, speaks at a Tokyo hotel on Nov. 18, 2014, during the second round of talks with the International Olympic Committee's Coordination Commission to review progress in preparations for the Summer Games.

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Japan, IOC meet on preparedness for 2020 Tokyo Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - John Coates (R), chairman of the International Olympic Committee's Coordination Commission, and former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, president of the country's organizing committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, attend the second round of talks at a Tokyo hotel on Nov. 18, 2014, to review progress in preparations for the Summer Games.

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Mori briefs Dutch royal couple on 2020 Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (R), president of the organizing committee of the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, explains the games' plans to visiting Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima at Tokyo's Toranomon Hills skyscraper on Oct. 31, 2014.

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Tokyo 2020 President Mori unveils cost estimate

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, president of the organizing committee for the 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, delivers a speech in the Japanese capital on Oct. 24, 2014, saying that nearly 1 trillion yen will be needed to implement the initial construction plan for the event.

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Former Japanese PM Mori meets with S. Korean Pres. Park

SEOUL, South Korea - Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (L) and South Korean President Park Geun Hye get ready for their talks on Sept. 19, 2014, at the presidential Blue House in Seoul. It was the first time for Park to meet individually with a leading Japanese figure since late July. (Pool photo)

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Putin meets Mori, receives Abe's letter

MOSCOW, Russia - Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori speaks to reporters at a Moscow hotel early on Sept. 11, 2014, after meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and handing him a letter from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Mori said that Putin told him dialogue with Japan "will continue and must continue."

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Ex-PM Mori in Moscow seeking improved ties with Russia

MOSCOW, Russia - Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori says in a speech in Moscow on Sept. 9, 2014, that concluding a peace treaty with Russia by resolving a territorial dispute over Russian-held islands off the northern tip of the Japanese archipelago would be conducive to enhancing Japan's relations with China and to stabilizing the situation on the Korean Peninsula.

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Indian PM Modi at banquet in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (2nd from L) shakes hands with former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori at the state guest house in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2014, during a banquet hosted by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R seated). (Pool photo)

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Meeting to discuss 2020 Olympic venue review

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda, Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe, Tokyo 2020 President Yoshiro Mori, and Hakubun Shimomura, minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, attend a meeting at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building on Sept. 1, 2014, to discuss issues including a review of the venue plans for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. (Pool photo)

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IOC mulls Tokyo 2020 Olympic venue changes

TOKYO, Japan - International Olympic Committee Vice President John Coats (L) and Yoshiro Mori, chief of the organizing committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, shake hands following a press conference in Tokyo on June 27, 2014. Coates and other members of the commission were visiting Tokyo for the first time since the Japanese capital won the right to host the Summer Games.

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IOC mulls Tokyo 2020 Olympic venue changes

TOKYO, Japan - International Olympic Committee Vice President John Coats (L) and Yoshiro Mori, chief of the organizing committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, attend a press conference in Tokyo on June 27, 2014. Coates and other members of the commission were visiting Tokyo for the first time since the Japanese capital won the right to host the Summer Games.

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IOC Coordination Commission members visit Tokyo Big Sight

TOKYO, Japan - John Coates (3rd from R, front row), chair of the International Olympic Committee's Coordination Commission, poses with Yoshiro Mori (3rd from L), head of the organizing committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, and others during their visit to Tokyo Big Sight, a candidate site for a main press/broadcasting center and some events, in Tokyo on June 26, 2014.

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IOC coordination panel, Japan's Olympic organizing panel hold talks

TOKYO, Japan - John Coates (R), chairman of IOC's Coordination Commission for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, Yoshiro Mori (2nd from R), president of Japan's Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, attend a meeting of their two panels at the Tokyo Metropolitan government building in Tokyo on June 25, 2014. The meeting, the first since the International Olympic Committee last September selected Tokyo as the venue for the 2020 Olympics, will be held for three days.

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Olympic champion Murofushi named sports director

TOKYO, Japan - Olympic hammer throw champion Koji Murofushi (R) is appointed by the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games as the sports director on June 24, 2014, in Tokyo. Standing beside him is organizing committee president Yoshiro Mori.

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Tokyo Olympic head Mori visits IOC for 1st time

LAUSSANE, Switzerland - Yoshiro Mori, president of the organizing committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, visits the International Olympic Committee headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, for the first time on June 18, 2014.

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Governor wants Tokyo Olympic Games torch relay in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Yuhei Sato (R), governor of Fukushima Prefecture, shakes hands with Yoshiro Mori, a former prime minister who heads the organizing committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, on June 17, 2014. Sato said at a press conference after his meeting with Mori that he hopes to invite torch runners for the Tokyo Olympic Games to run through his prefecture to demonstrate its recovery from the 2011 earthquake and nuclear crisis.

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Tokyo Olympics organizer visits Miyagi Stadium

SENDAI, Japan - Former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, chairman of the organizing committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, visits the Miyagi Stadium in Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on June 16, 2014.

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Tokyo Olympics organizer checks Miyagi Stadium

SENDAI, Japan - Former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (2nd from L), chairman of the organizing committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, checks the Miyagi Stadium in Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Jpana, on June 16, 2014.

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Miyagi Pref., Tokyo Olympics organizer ink cooperation pact

SENDAI, Japan - Governor Yoshihiro Murai (L) of Miyagi Prefecture and former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, chairman of the organizing committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, hold a joint statement on cooperation after signing it at the former's office in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on June 16, 2014.

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Tokyo Olympics organizers okay review of venue plans

TOKYO, Japan - Organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games endorse Tokyo Governor Yoichi Masuzoe's decision to review venue plans at a meeting in Tokyo on June 12, 2014. From L: Tsunekazu Takeda, president of the Japan Olympic Committee; Masuzoe; Yoshiro Mori, chairman of the Games' organizing committee; and sports minister Hakubun Shimomura.

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Tokyo Olympics organizers Mori, Masuzoe speak to reporters

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshiro Mori (L), chairman of the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, and Tokyo Governor Yoichi Masuzoe answer questions from reporters in the Japanese capital on June 12, 2014, following their meeting held to review venue plans for the 2020 event.

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England World Cup rugby chief in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Debbie Jevans, chief executive officer of the Rugby World Cup 2015 in England, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, chairman of the Japan Rugby Football Union, pose for photos at Abe's office in Tokyo on May 26, 2014.

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IOC official in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - John Coates (L), chairman of the International Olympic Committee's Coordination Commission, and former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, chairman of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics Organizing Committee, hold a press conference in Tokyo on April 4, 2014, the final day of the commission's three-day visit to Tokyo.

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IOC official in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - John Coates (L), chairman of the International Olympic Committee's Coordination Commission, and former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, chairman of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics Organizing Committee, hold a press conference in Tokyo on April 4, 2014, the final day of the commission's three-day visit to Tokyo.

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IOC official in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - John Coates (L), chairman of the International Olympic Committee's Coordination Commission, and former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, chairman of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics Organizing Committee, hold a press conference in Tokyo on April 4, 2014, the final day of the commission's three-day visit to Tokyo.

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Tokyo 2020 executive board meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the Executive Board of the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games - (from L) Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda, organizing committee president and former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, organizing committee honorary president and Canon Inc. Chairman Fujio Mitarai, and organizing committee chief executive officer and Daiwa Institute of Research Chairman Toshiro Muto - pose for photos after a meeting where all 34 members of the executive board met on March 26, 2014.

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Ex-PM Mori

FUKUOKA, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, chairman of 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics organizing committee, delivers a speech in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 20, 2014.

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Ex-PM Mori

FUKUOKA, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, chairman of 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics organizing committee, delivers a speech in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 20, 2014.

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Mori speaks at JOC reception

SOCHI, Russia - Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, president of the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020), gives a speech at a reception at the 2014 JOC Japan House in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 10, 2014.

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Tokyo 2020 Olympics head Mori meets press in Sochi

SOCHI, Russia - Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, president of the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (C), poses for photos during a press conference in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 9, 2014.

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Japanese PM Abe, former PM Mori at figure skating team event

SOCHI, Russia - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) and former prime minister Yoshiro Mori (R), president of the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020), observe the figure skating team event at the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 8, 2014.

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Abe, Mori to cooperate for success of Tokyo Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from R) shakes hands with former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, president of The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020), at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 28, 2014 and affirmed their cooperation for the success of the Games.

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Olympic organizing committee chief

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (L), currently chair of the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee, shakes hands with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 28, 2014.

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Tokyo launches 2020 Organizing Committee

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori attends a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 24, 2014, as chair of the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee, which was officially launched the same day.