Kawabuchi declines offer to head Tokyo Olympics as Mori resigns

Former JFA chief had been slated to take over after ex-PM's sexist remarks

RURIKA IMAHASHI, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Saburo Kawabuchi, 84, a former Japan Football Association president and soccer player, will decline an offer to become head of the organizing committee for the Tokyo Olympics, Nikkei learned Friday.

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