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Tokyo’s Olympics will be organised by Seiko Hashimoto after her boss resigned over sexism uproar – ABC News
Former sports star and government minister Seiko Hashimoto will take over planning the Tokyo Olympics after her boss was forced to resign for claiming that female…
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…
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