Yoshirō Mori (森 喜朗, Mori Yoshirō, born 14 July 1937) is a Japanese politician. He was the 85th and 86th Prime Minister of Japan from 5 April 2000 until 26 April 2001. Mori has been described as having "the heart of a flea and the brain of a shark,".[1][2] He was not a well liked prime minister. Mori is mainly remembered today for his many gaffes. He is currently President of the Japan Rugby Football Union as well as the Japan-Korea Parliamentarians' Union.
In 2014, he was appointed to be in charge of the organizing committee for the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics.[3] He resigned in February 2021 after he made some sexist comments at a committee meeting.[4]
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