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Olympics: Saburo Kawabuchi, 84, set to replace embattled Mori as Tokyo 2020 chief
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Saburo Kawabuchi is the mayor of the Athletes' Village and former chief of the Japan Football Association.
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TOKYO - The embattled president of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic organising committee Yoshiro Mori, who said last week that meetings "drag on" because women "talk too much", is expected to resign on Friday (Feb 12) amid palpable anger both at home and abroad over the sexist remarks.
"I must apologise again for this matter," Mori, 83, told Nippon TV on Thursday.
