Japan's former minister for Olympics, Seiko Hashimoto, was officially promoted to the post of the head of the Tokyo Olympics organizing committee, the Kyodo news agency said on Thursday
TOKYO (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 18th February, 2021) Japan's former minister for Olympics, Seiko Hashimoto, was officially promoted to the post of the head of the Tokyo Olympics organizing committee, the Kyodo news agency said on Thursday.
A special panel selected former athlete Hashimoto as the sole candidate to head the organizing committee, after Yoshiro Mori stepped down from the post in the wake of his controversial remarks about women.
