Head of Tokyo 2020 organising committee set to quit over sexist remarks – report

Yoshiro Mori is set to quit as Tokyo 2020 president, according to reports (Kim Kyung-hoon/AP)

The head of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games organising committee is poised to step down after making sexist remarks, according to reports.

The Kyodo news agency in Japan claims the organising committee president Yoshiro Mori will quit his post after saying that meetings tended to drag on when women were involved.