Yoshiro Mori said he would not stand down after saying female participants meant meetings tended to ‘drag on’
Yoshiro Mori, the head of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics organising committee, has apologised for making sexist remarks about “talkative”
Women in sports organisations, but said he would not resign.
Mori, a former Japanese prime minister with a history of demeaning remarks, told a meeting of the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) this week that meetings attended by too many women tended to “drag on” because they talked too much.