Yoshiro Mori, the head of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympic Organising Committee, has resigned for making ‘inappropriate’ comments about women.
His comments about women talking too much was made at a board meeting earlier this month.
The International Olympic Committee have called his remarks “absolutely inappropriate” and he’s since apologised.
News outlets in Japan say the mayor of the Olympic village – Saburo Kawabuchi – will replace him.
The Games are due to go ahead this summer, after a one-year delay due to the pandemic.
On Tuesday, a group of female lawmakers wore white in a protest against his remarks and Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said she would not attend a meeting of high-level Olympic officials in protest.
According to local media, almost 400 people have also withdrawn applications to volunteer at the Olympic games.
The Tokyo Organising Committee is planning to tap Saburo Kawabuchi, a former head of the Japan Football Association, as the next Tokyo Olympic chief, sources said. https://t.co/C4iu3NtcyT
— The Japan Times (@japantimes) February 11, 2021
