Yoshiro Mori faced backlash after he said during an Olympic committee meeting that women talk too much. Photo: Reuters Yoshiro Mori faced backlash after he said during an Olympic committee meeting that women talk too much. Photo: Reuters
Yoshiro Mori faced backlash after he said during an Olympic committee meeting that women talk too much. Photo: Reuters
Japan
Asia /  East Asia

Tokyo Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori resigns over ‘chaos’ caused by sexist remarks

  • A selection committee made up of an equal number of men and women would choose Mori’s successor
  • Mori, 83, sparked a global outcry with sexist comments that women talk too much, which he made during an Olympic committee meeting

Topic |   Japan
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Updated: 9:25pm, 12 Feb, 2021

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Yoshiro Mori faced backlash after he said during an Olympic committee meeting that women talk too much. Photo: Reuters Yoshiro Mori faced backlash after he said during an Olympic committee meeting that women talk too much. Photo: Reuters
Yoshiro Mori faced backlash after he said during an Olympic committee meeting that women talk too much. Photo: Reuters
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