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Tokyo’s Olympics will be organised by Seiko Hashimoto after her boss resigned over sexism uproar
Japan’s Olympics Minister Seiko Hashimoto will become the new chief of the Tokyo Olympic organising committee, after former boss Yoshiro Mori resigned for making sexist remarks.
A former prime minister, 83-year-old Mr Mori stepped down after causing an outcry by saying during an Olympic committee meeting that women talk too much, which he found annoying.
Seiko Hashimoto brings a strong Olympic pedigree to the role.
She is a bronze medallist and seven-time Olympian, having competed in both the winter and summer games.
“I will spare no effort in making the Tokyo games successful,” she told the Tokyo 2020 executive board after it voted on her becoming its new president.
“It has to be a safe and…
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