Yoshirō Mori
publication date: Tuesday, August 3, 2021 (part of Summer 2021)
category: 
Government
clue: History repeats itself: Twenty years before he quit as head of the organizing committee for the Olympics because of sexist comments, he was forced to resign as prime minister of Japan after a series of tone-deaf and offensive comments.
intended difficulty: easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Denise Sawicki, Mike Eberhart, and Aaron Shurtleff
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