Tokyo Olympics organizing committee on Thursday appointed Seiko Hashimoto, one of Japan's two female Cabinet ministers, to replace the previous leader, who resigned last week after making sexist remarks
Seiko Hashimoto, president of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Organising Committee, attends a press conference after the Tokyo 2020 Executive Board meeting in Tokyo on February 18, 2021.
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