Japan. Japan's Olympic minister Seiko Hashimoto was announced today as the new president of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Organising Committee following the resignation last week of Yoshiro Mori after he made sexist remarks. (Photo by Yuichi Yamazaki/Getty TOKYO (AP) - Seiko Hashimoto has appeared in seven Olympics, four in the winter and three in the summer — the most by any "multi-season" athlete in the games.She made even more history on Thursday in Japan, where women are still rare in the boardrooms and positions of political power.The 56-year-old Hashimoto was named president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee after a meeting of its executive board, which is 80% male.