Olympic minister Hashimoto nominated for Tokyo Games chief

Japan's Olympic minister Seiko Hashimoto emerged Wednesday as the most likely candidate to take the helm of the country's organizing committee to stage the Tokyo Games this summer after Yoshiro Mori announced his resignation last week over sexist comments, sources familiar with the matter said.The organizing body's panel tasked with selecting the next president held its second meeting at a Tokyo hotel in the morning and decided to ask Hashimoto to take over the top job, according to the sources.Related coverage:Japan's Shimane Pref. mulls canceling Olympic torch relay eventsREAD FULL ARTICLE