RIO DE JANEIRO, Dhu-AlQa'dah 01, 1437, August 04, 2016, SPA -- Tokyo's first woman governor will carry on her predecessor's push to make the city's 2020 Summer Games the ''most innovative'' in history, the head of the Games' organising committee said on Wednesday, according to Reuters. Yuriko Koike, Japan's first female defence minister, was elected governor on Sunday after two predecessors stepped down over scandals that clouded the city's preparations to host the Games. The head of the Tokyo 2020 organising committee Yoshiro Mori had called the timing of the latest resignation unfortunate, saying it was ''as if one wheel has come off'' ahead of the high-stakes event. But speaking at the IOC meeting in Rio on Wednesday, Mori, a former prime minister, welcomed Koike, who will be responsible for saving Tokyo's reputation as host for the Games. Japan hopes the Olympics will spur its economy, which is struggling to escape decades of deflation. On Wednesday, they got a boost when the IOC selected five sports, including baseball, skateboarding and surfing, to feature in the Tokyo Games in an attempt to attract a younger audience. --SPA 01:14 LOCAL TIME 22:14 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w