The Tokyo 2020 Olympic leaders on Sunday rejected claims they were a Japanese-only-speaking aging male club that went against the capital’s attempt to project a youthful image for the Games. Former Prime Minister Yoshirō Mori, 76, said the absence of women on the organizing committee’s executive board would be rectified. Mori, who initially rejected the role due to his age and has called the appointment his last act of public life, joked when he took the job about how many years he had left to live. Mori spoke in Japanese, prompting questions whether that was the image Tokyo, which was awarded the Games in September for the second time after … Continue reading Thomson Reuters