Backlash over Tokyo Olympic head's remarks on women goes viral: paper

Controversial comments about women by the head of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee on Wednesday triggered criticism on social media, with some calling for him to step down, The New York Times reported.Yoshiro Mori, who suggested in an online meeting of the Japanese Olympic Committee that women talk too much in meetings, "stoked a social media backlash," and on Twitter "users quickly began calling for Mori to resign," the U.S. daily said on its online edition.Others on social media suggested the former Japanese prime minister's age, and his outdated attitude, were the real problem, it …READ FULL ARTICLE