FILE PHOTO : Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda looks on while addressing the media after JOC board of directors meeting in Tokyo, Japan, March 19, 2019. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo
TOKYO (Reuters) - Surrounded by reporters in March, Tsunekazu Takeda, teary-eyed and blinking as cameras flashed around him, explained his decision to step down as Japan's Olympics chief.
"I feel very bad that I'm causing a disturbance like this ahead of next year's games in Tokyo," he said. "I don't believe I've done anything illegal."
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