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(CNN) -
The president of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Organizing Committee, Yoshiro Mori, announced his resignation on Friday following his controversial comments about women.
The also former prime minister of Japan said at a board meeting: "My inappropriate statement has caused a lot of chaos."
"I would like to express my deepest apologies," Mori added.
"As of today I will resign as president, the important thing is that the Olympic Games will be held in July," Mori announced.
"If I am going to be an obstacle in the realization of the Games being in my position, I believe that it is a situation that we must avoid".
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