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Yoshiro Mori, the president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, said on Thursday he would not resign despite pressure on him to do so after making derogatory comments earlier in the week about ... ( read original story ...)

Yoshiro Mori, the head of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics organising committee, has conceded he may have to resign after making sexist remarks about “talkative” female sports administrators. Mori, a former ... ( read original story ...)

Japan persistently trails its peers on promoting gender equality, ranking 121 out of 153 nations surveyed in the 2020 global gender gap report of the World Economic Forum. ( read original story ...)

The head of the Tokyo Olympics has caused outrage in Japan after saying that women should be limited in the time they are allowed to speak in meetings because they are too long-winded.Yoshiro Mori, 83 ... ( read original story ...)

Hospitals across Japan are struggling to cope with the country's worst surge in Covid-19 cases since the pandemic began. The Prime Minister has apologized for the government's insufficient medical ... ( read original story ...)

Casino operator Wynn Resorts Ltd has reiterated it is still interested in pursuing a casino licence in Japan, despite not taking part in Yokohama’s fresh request-for-proposal that was announced ... ( read original story ...)

Getting your groove back after a shortened season is everyone's goal. Naomi Osaka is trying to find her gear one match at a time. ( read original story ...)

The president of the Tokyo Olympic organising committee said he may need to resign over comments he made about women if calls for him to do so strengthen, the Mainichi newspaper quoted him as saying ... ( read original story ...)

Derogatory comments about women made earlier in the week by Yoshiro Mori, the president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee and a former prime minister, could force him to resign. It's one more ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi talked about the nervousness she went through during the match and how it helped her during the match. She said: "Up to the middle of the second set it's like I was staying in the rear, I was ... ( read original story ...)

CBC Sports daily newsletter picks out the key points from the IOC's first document explaining how it'll pull off the Games this summer. ( read original story ...)

But attitudes and confidence vary widely in the 15 countries covered in the survey, with France showing high levels of scepticism and some Asian countries showing declining trust in vaccines, while ... ( read original story ...)

SAPPORO--A long-lost hanging scroll by Taikan Yokoyama that was found in a private home will go on public display at the Hokkaido Prefectural Art Museum here from April. Yokoyama (1868-1958), a major ... ( read original story ...)

Yoshiro Mori, a former prime minister of Japan, said regulating women’s speaking time was needed “or else we’ll never be able to finish.” ... ( read original story ...)

Deployment of Britain's carrier strike group to the Indo-Pacific area shows increased Britain-Japanese defense cooperation, the British defense secretary said. ( read original story ...)

While many shopping e-commerce sites are anonymous, Basic.Space allows you to buy from someone whose taste you already trust. Founder Jesse Lee had the idea a few years ago to create a network of his ... ( read original story ...)