Yoshiro Mori set to head Tokyo 2020 organizing committee

Mori served as prime minister for one year from April 2000. His term in office was marked by several gaffes. Those included continuing a round of golf after

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori initially rejected the offer to head the 2020 Summer Olympics organizing committee :: Marty Melville/AFP//Getty Images

Mori served as prime minister for one year from April 2000. His term in office was marked by several gaffes. Those included continuing a round of golf after receiving news that the submarine USS Greeneville had accidentally hit and sunk a Japanese fishing ship off the coast of Hawaii during an emergency surface drill in February 2001, resulting in the death of nine students and teachers.