Tokyo Olympics chief retracts sexist comments, refuses to resign

FILE PHOTO: Yoshiro Mori, President of the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee, speaks during the opening remarks session of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Executive Board Meeting in Tokyo, Japan December 22, 2020. Carl Court/Pool via REUTERS

TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori apologised on Thursday for sexist comments about women talking too much, but said he would not resign, as his remarks sparked a storm of criticism on social media and risked tainting public opinion of the Games.

Mori, 83, apologised at a hastily called news conference, but when pressed on whether he really thought women talked too much, he said: "I don't listen to women that much lately so I don't know".