Political resignations
FILE - Haruyuki Takahashi, then executive board member of the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games arrives at Tokyo 2020 Executive Board Meeting in Tokyo, Japan on March 30, 2020. Prosecutors searched the home of former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee executive board member Takahashi on Tuesday, July 26, 2022, in connection with payments made to him by an Olympic sponsor of the Tokyo Games, the Japanese news agency Kyodo reported. (Issei Kato/Pool Photo via AP, File)
Report: Tokyo Olympic board member under investigation

Jul. 26, 2022 01:45 AM EDT

Naomi Kawase, who directed the official documentary of the Tokyo Olympics, speaks to The Associated Press in Tokyo Friday, June 17, 2022. Kawase said her work was a challenge because public opinion was painfully divided, costs kept mounting, a scandal emerged over the logo design, disgruntled opening ceremony artists resigned and the Games were postponed for a year because of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Yuri Kageyama)
Olympic filmmaker needed 2 movies to cover Tokyo turmoil

By Yuri Kageyama Jun. 17, 2022 09:50 AM EDT

This undated photo released by Tokyo 2020 shows Kentaro Kobayashi, a key director of Tokyo Olympics’ opening ceremony. The Tokyo Olympic organizing committee dismissed the director of the opening ceremony on Thursday, July 22, 2021 because of a Holocaust joke he made during a comedy show in 1998. (©Tokyo 2020 via AP)
Olympic opening ceremony director fired for Holocaust joke

By Mari Yamaguchi Jul. 21, 2021 11:18 PM EDT

ADDS RESTRICTION: ONE TIME USE ONLY, EDITORIAL USE ONLY - IOC President Thomas Bach, right, meets with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, second from left, during a welcome party for Bach and IOC officials at Akasaka Palace, Japanese state guest house, in Tokyo, Japan, Sunday, July 18, 2021.(Courtesy of Tokyo 2020 via AP)
Under-fire Olympic composer steps down over past bullying

By Yuri Kageyama And Mari Yamaguchi Jul. 19, 2021 07:39 AM EDT

Japanese composer for Tokyo Olympics apologizes for abuse

By Yuri Kageyama Jul. 17, 2021 09:07 PM EDT
TOKYO (AP) — Keigo Oyamada, a Japanese composer whose music is part of the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony, has apologized for bullying a classmate during his...

FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014 file photo, Belarus' Andrei Krauchanka celebrates after an attempt in the high jump of the men's decathlon during the European Athletics Championships in Zurich, Switzerland. An Olympic silver medalist who is one of Belarus’ most lauded athletes says he is going on a 10-day hunger strike to support victims of political repression in his country. Krauchanka said Friday, April 30, 2021 that along with the hunger strike, he is selling his European indoor decathlon gold medal from 2011 to help the families of political prisoners. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, file)
Belarus Olympian to go on hunger strike as political protest

Apr. 30, 2021 12:52 PM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 12, 2021, file photo, then Tokyo 2020 Olympics organizing committee President Yoshiro Mori announces his resignation at a meeting with council and executive board members at the committee headquarters in Tokyo. Mori, who resigned last month as the president over comments criticized as sexist, has made another remark getting slammed as disrespectful to women. Mori, speaking late Friday, March 26, 2021, at a party for a politician at a Tokyo hotel, referred to the politician’s aide as “way too old to be called a woman.” (Yoshikazu Tsuno/Pool Photo via AP, File)
Ex-Tokyo Olympics chief again criticized for sexist comment

By Yuri Kageyama Mar. 26, 2021 11:21 PM EDT

Two women take a selfie with the Olympic rings in the background in the Odaiba section of Tokyo, Thursday, March 12, 2020. Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike spoke Thursday after the World Health Organization labeled the spreading virus a "pandemic," a decision almost certain to affect the Tokyo Olympics. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Torch relay among final hurdles for postponed Tokyo Olympics

By Stephen Wade Mar. 10, 2021 01:46 AM EST

Seiko Hashimoto, president of the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020), speaks before reporters after a five-party meeting at the Tokyo 2020 headquarters in Tokyo on Wednesday, March 3, 2021. (Du Xiaoyi/Pool Photo via AP)
Fans from abroad unlikely for postponed Tokyo Olympics

By Stephen Wade Mar. 03, 2021 05:47 AM EST

Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee President Seiko Hashimoto attends a Tokyo 2020 executive board meeting in Tokyo, Tuesday, March 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, Pool)
Tokyo Olympics add 12 women to executive board to reach 42%

By Stephen Wade Mar. 02, 2021 06:03 AM EST

Seiko Hashimoto, president of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Organizing Committee attends a press conference following the Tokyo 2020 Executive Board meeting on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. Former Olympian Hashimoto was named president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee after a meeting of its executive board, which is 80% male. She replaces 83-year-old Yoshiro Mori, a former Japanese prime minister who was forced to resign last week after making sexist comments about women. (Yuichi Yamazaki/Pool Photo via AP)
Seiko Hashimoto takes over as Tokyo Olympic president

By Stephen Wade Feb. 17, 2021 11:04 PM EST

People walk by signage to promote the Olympic Games, in Tokyo, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. The Olympics are scheduled to open on July 23 but recent polls show about 80% of the Japanese public want the Olympics canceled or postponed. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
Tokyo Olympics to pick Mori replacement; is a woman likely?

By Stephen Wade Feb. 16, 2021 01:22 AM EST

Demonstrators hold placards to protest against holding the planned Tokyo 2020 Olympic games in Tokyo on Friday, Feb. 12, 2021. Yoshiro Mori resigned Friday as the president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee following sexist comments implying women talk too much. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
EXPLAINER: Japan's latest Olympic controversy

By Mari Yamaguchi Feb. 12, 2021 06:41 AM EST

Yoshiro Mori says he is resigning as president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee.

Feb. 12, 2021 01:08 AM EST
TOKYO (AP) — Yoshiro Mori says he is resigning as president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee. ...

FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2014, file photo, former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori answers a reporter's question at a press conference in Tokyo as Mori was officially appointed head of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic organizing committee. Mori resigned Friday, Feb. 12, 2021 as the president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee following sexist comments implying women talk too much. (AP photo/Junji Kurokawa, File)
Mori is gone but gender issues remain for Tokyo Olympics

By Stephen Wade Feb. 11, 2021 09:37 PM EST

Yoshiro Mori, the president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, closes his eyes during a news conference in Tokyo Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. (Kim Kyung-hoon/Pool Photo via AP)
Reports: Mori to resign Tokyo Olympics over sexist remarks

By Stephen Wade Feb. 10, 2021 10:56 PM EST

Yoshiro Mori, the president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, closes his eyes during a news conference in Tokyo Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. (Kim Kyung-hoon/Pool Photo via AP)
Head of Tokyo Games won't resign after statement about women

By Stephen Wade Feb. 03, 2021 09:47 PM EST

FILE - In this Aug. 21, 2016, file photo, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appears as the Nintendo game character Super Mario during the closing ceremony at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Abe was a star of the closing ceremony of the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, parading before a 70,000 sellout at the Maracana stadium as Nintendo game character Super Mario. It was Abe's humorous invitation to the next Olympics in Tokyo. (Yu Nakajima/Kyodo News via AP, File)
Shinzo Abe -- aka 'Super Mario' -- loses out on Olympics

By Stephen Wade Aug. 28, 2020 08:49 AM EDT

New head of 2022 Commonwealth Games after diversity concerns

Jul. 26, 2020 12:21 PM EDT
LONDON (AP) — Commonwealth Games Federation President Louise Martin has resigned from leading the organizing committee for the 2022 event in the central...

FILE - In this Friday, Feb. 28, 2020 file photo, Yevgeny Yurchenko speaks during a news conference after being elected as the new President of the Russian Athletics Federation in Moscow, Russia. The program allowing Russian track athletes to compete internationally will be frozen because the country's federation failed to pay a fine on time, World Athletics said Thursday, July 2. The Russian track federation (RusAF) owes a $5 million fine and another $1.31 million in costs for various doping-related work and legal wrangles. RusAF president Yevgeny Yurchenko earlier told the Tass state news agency that his federation's finances were damaged by the coronavirus pandemic and that it had asked for more time to pay. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, file)
Russian athletics president resigns amid doping stalemate

Jul. 13, 2020 12:03 PM EDT