Tokyo (CNN) Tokyo 2020 Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori said he will resign due to the fallout after sexist remarks he made at a meeting were leaked to the public. "The important thing is that the Olympic Games are held in July," Mori said. Japan's country's gender gap is "by far the largest among all advanced economies," according to the World Economic Forum's 2020 Global Gender Gap Report. Japan's leaders have vowed the Games will be held, despite increasing public opposition and rising costs. The week before, more than 18,000 people across 11 prefectures were waiting, according to the prefectures' health ministries.

Source: The Nation February 12, 2021 08:06 UTC