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APD | Weekly top 10 hot news (Feb. 6 - Feb. 12)

Every weekend, Asia Pacific Daily will provide you with a run-down of the latest hot news.This week, the following hot news you should know:Top 1 | Biden unveils Pentag

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Tokyo Olympics chief quits, apologises again over sexist remarks

Tokyo 2020 Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori resigned on Friday and apologised again for sexist remarks that sparked a global outcry, leaving the troubled Olympics searching

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Tokyo Olympics chief quits, apologizes again over sexist remarks

Tokyo 2020 Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori resigned on Friday and apologized again for sexist remarks that sparked a global outcry, leaving the troubled Olympics searching for a chief five months from

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Tokyo 2020 president Mori resigns over sexist remarks

Tokyo 2020 organizing committee president Yoshiro Mori said on Friday he is stepping down from the post after controversial remarks he made about women sparked an uproar.

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Tokyo 2020 president Mori to resign over sexist comments: reports

Yoshiro Mori, president of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics organizing committee, is set to step down over sexist remarks he made that women talked too much, according to multiple major Japanese media outlets

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Tokyo 2020 chief Mori makes "deepest apologies" about sexist remarks

Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee President Yoshiro Mori has expressed his "deepest apologies and remorse" over controversial sexist remarks he made last week. This was announced in a statement on Wedn

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Tokyo Olympics organizers to discuss chief's 'inappropriate' remark: reports

The Tokyo Olympics organizing committee is planning to meet this week to discuss the uproar over the remark made by their chief Yoshiro Mori, according Kyodo News.Mori,

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Tokyo Olympics organizers to discuss chief's 'inappropriate' remark

The Tokyo Olympics organizing committee is planning to meet this week to discuss the uproar over the remark made by their chief Yoshiro Mori, according Kyodo News.Mori, an 83-year-old former prime mi

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Tokyo Olympics facing 'major issue' after chief Mori's sexist remarks

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike speaks at a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, January 15, 2021. /CFP Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said on Friday the Olympic Games were facing a "major issue" after t

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Head of Tokyo Games won’t resign after statement about women

Yoshiro Mori, the president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, said on Thursday he would not resign despite pressure on him to do so after making derogatory com

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Tokyo 2020 chief mulls resignation over alleged sexist remarks

The president of the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee said he may need to resign over comments he made about women if called to do so, the Mainichi newspaper quoted him as saying on Thursday.Yoshir

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Tokyo 2020 Playbook affirms participants won't require vaccines

TOGOC President Yoshiro Mori (L) and CEO Toshiro Muto speak to media after their video conference with IOC president Thomas Bach at the TOGOC headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, January 28, 2021. /CFP

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Tokyo 2020 chief: Games to go ahead regardless of COVID-19 situation

00:24 Tokyo 2020 President Yoshiro Mori said on Tuesday that Japan would hold the Summer Olympics regardless of the situation with the COVID-19 pandemic and was working closely with th

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Germany sending aid to Portugal, Austria easing: COVID-19 bulletin

TOP HEADLINES- England has begun door-to-door testing on up to 80,000 people in parts of the country amid growing fears over the spread of the virus variant first discovered in South Africa.- France

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Japan's PM Suga says Japan determined to hold Olympics this summer

The Olympic Rings are displayed in front of the National Stadium on the day marking 6-month to go to the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, January 23, 2021. /CFP Jap

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Tokyo 2020 Games: Organizing committee chief dismisses postponement

Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee President Yoshiro Mori dismissed speculations of a possible postponement of the Tokyo Olympic Games on Friday, adding that a final decision could be expected before th

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Yearender: Top 10 hot world news of 2020

The year 2020 is coming to an end. Numerous major news events took place over the past year. APD's Review Committee voted in the top 10 world news of 2020.1. Internati