How a student emerged as champion in Olympics chief’s takedown

Momoko Nojo started the #DontBeSilent campaign after the octogenarian’s sexist remarks

18 February 2021 - 21:02 By Ju-min Park and Akiko Okamoto

When a 22-year-old Japanese student launched an online campaign against the powerful Tokyo Olympics chief and the sexist remarks he made, she was not sure it would go very far...

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