Tokyo Olympic Organizers Face Pressure From Volunteers, Diplomats Over Sexist Remarks
Despite the efforts of Japanese and Olympic officials to quash the debate, pressure on the Games' organizing chief is mounting over his recent comments that women talk too much in board meetings.
With this summer's Tokyo Olympics already hanging in the balance due to the coronavirus pandemic, public outrage over sexist remarks by the Games' organizing chief has thrown the event into a deeper crisis.
Despite the efforts of Japanese and Olympic officials to quash the debate, pressure on 83-year-old Yoshiro Mori is mounting over his comments last week saying that women talk too much in board meetings.
Japan's public broadcaster NHK that the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Organizing Committee will convene a special board meeting as soon as Friday
