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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Seiko Hashimoto, a woman who has competed in seven Olympics, has been chosen as president of the Tokyo 2020 Organising committee, she said on Thursday, replacing a man who resigned over a furore about his sexist remarks.
Hashimoto had been Japan’s Olympics minister until she resigned on Thursday to take up her new role.
(Reporting by Tetsushi Kajimoto; Writing by Elaine Lies; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)
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