Tokyo 2020 Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori resigned Friday after making sexist comments that caused an international outcry with less than six months until the virus-postponed Games.

Yoshiro Mori, the president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. (Photo: AP)

"My inappropriate statement has caused a lot of chaos... I wish to resign as president as of today," he told a meeting of Tokyo 2020's council and executive board called to discuss his remarks.