Tokyo Olympics president Yoshiro Mori confirms resignation

Yoshiro Mori has confirmed he is resigning as president of the Tokyo Olympics organising committee over sexist comments made earlier this month.

Mori said in response to a call for the Japanese Olympic Committee to increase the number of women on its board that women would talk too much in board meetings and “have a strong sense of rivalry”.

He refused to step down in the immediate aftermath of the comments, but public sentiment eventually became overwhelmingly against the 83-year-old former Japanese prime minister, including…