Representative Yoshihiro Mori, 83, said during a meeting that the women on the board of the Olympics talked too much, behaved inappropriately and were against the Olympic spirit.

Mori received enormous criticism for the statement and in the end he was forced to resign.

- My inappropriate statement has caused so much chaos.

I would like to express my sincere apologies and resign as chairman.

The most important thing is that the Olympics can be held.

I do not want my presence to stand in the way of that, he said last week.

CLIP: The Olympic director's statement in 60 seconds

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Now Mori is forced to resign.

Photo: TT News Agency