TOKYO (Reuters) – Tokyo 2020 Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori is expected to resign on Friday over his sexist comments, with the mayor of the Olympic village Saburo Kawabuchi saying Mori had asked him to take over.
Kawabuchi said both men had teared up leading up to a meeting where he accepted Mori’s request on Thursday.
“Mr. Mori was straightforward saying ‘I want you to take over now this happened’,” Kawabuchi, 84, told reporters late on Thursday.
“I thought how hard it must be for him and I couldn’t stop crying,” said Kawabuchi.
The 83-year-old Mori, a former Japanese prime minister, sparked a global outcry with sexist comments that women talk too much, which he made during an Olympic committee meeting.
Mori has apologised for his comments but has so far refused to resign, despite growing calls for him to step down.
His resignation less than six months before the Summer Olympics are…
