Japanese ex-PM Mori to visit Sochi Olympics

Yoshiro Mori, Japanese ex-Prime Minister and Head of the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games Organizing Committee, will attend the opening ceremony of the Sochi Olympic Games on February 7 together with the incumbent PM of Japan, ITAR-TASS reports.Mori will meet John Coates, Vice President of the International Olympic Committee, supervising the 2020 Olympic Games Coordinating Committee. He may also meet Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee.The new Tokyo governor elected on February 9 will attend the closing of the Sochi Olympics on February 23.Yoshiro Mori is a notable political figure in Japan, supporter of development of ties with Russia. Mori has been awarded with the Russian Order of Friendship.

Yoshiro Mori, Japanese ex-Prime Minister and Head of the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games Organizing Committee, will attend the opening ceremony of the Sochi Olympic Games on February 7 together with the incumbent PM of Japan, ITAR-TASS reports.

Mori will meet John Coates, Vice President of the International Olympic Committee, supervising the 2020 Olympic Games Coordinating Committee. He may also meet Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee.

The new Tokyo governor elected on February 9 will attend the closing of the Sochi Olympics on February 23.

Yoshiro Mori is a notable political figure in Japan, supporter of development of ties with Russia. Mori has been awarded with the Russian Order of Friendship.