'The chairman of the organizing committee of the Tokyo Olympics makes a disdain for women,' is widely reported at home and abroad.

Yoshiro Mori, Chairman of the Tokyo Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games , plans to increase the number of female directors during the extraordinary council meeting of the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) held on February 3, 2021. 'It takes time for the board of directors, which has a lot of women,' he said. It has been widely reported not only domestically but also overseas as this is a derogatory remark by women, and many criticisms have been gathered.

Yoshiro Mori, Chairman of the Tokyo Olympics and Para Organizing Committee, makes a mistake 'Meetings for women take time': Tokyo Shimbun TOKYO Web
https://www.tokyo-np.co.jp/article/83903

Chairman Mori also said, 'Women have a strong sense of competition. If you raise your hand, you will have to say it yourself.' 'If you want to increase the number of women, you have to regulate the time to speak to some extent. It seems that he continued to use words that lacked consideration, such as 'I'm in trouble because it's hard to finish' and 'There are women in the organization committee, but everyone knows.' However, the Asahi Shimbun said that Mr. Mori said, 'If you want to increase the number of female directors, it will be difficult to finish it unless you regulate the speaking time to some extent. I do not say who said it. and ' it has been reported , some women disdain remarks has to have been told in the form of reference.

Chairman Mori 'Women are ...' Even more headwinds in the harsh public opinion of the Olympics --Tokyo Olympics 2020: Nikkan Sports
https://www.nikkansports.com/olympic/tokyo2020/news/202102030001226.html

In addition, 'difficult to do because there is a TV, but the woman director 40 percent, this is it Nde say loud the ministry,' says the, goal of 'women directors 40 percent' set forth the JOC is of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Sports Agency shows is It is said that it is in line with the guidelines.

'A lot of women' in conflict with the Olympic Charter The seriousness of Mr. Mori's remarks --Mainichi Shimbun
https://mainichi.jp/articles/20210204/k00/00m/040/003000c

It seems that none of the members who attended the extraordinary council meeting pointed out the remarks of Chairman Mori.

'The board with many women takes time' Olympic and Paralympic Games Chairman Mori | Olympic and Paralympic Games | NHK News
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20210203/k10012848591000.html

Also, when Mr. Mori attended the meeting held at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters on February 2, he left the discussion about holding the Tokyo Olympics, 'I will definitely do it no matter what the shape of the new coronavirus' and 'I will do it or not'. And how do you do it? '

New Corona: Tokyo Olympics 'Corona will definitely do it in any way' Chairman Mori: Nihon Keizai Shimbun
https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQODE02B8K0S1A200C2000000/

In response to Chairman Mori's remarks, Atsushi Tamura of Comedy Combination London Boots No. 1 and No. 2 has announced that he will decline the torchbearer who was scheduled to run in Inuyama City, Aichi Prefecture.

[Report] In response to Chairman Mori's remarks, I will decline the torchbearer. --YouTube


Chairman Mori's remarks have been widely reported in overseas media, and the English version of Yahoo News reports that 'the chairman of the Tokyo Olympics is a sexist remark.'

Tokyo 2020 chief made sexist remarks: report
https://news.yahoo.com/tokyo-2020-chief-made-sexist-120424638.html

The Washington Post reports, 'The president of the Tokyo Olympics said that women talked too much at the conference and even described it as'nuisance'.'

Yoshiro Mori, Tokyo Olympics chief, says women talk too much at meetings --The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/02/03/yoshiro-mori-tokyo-olympics-sexist-comments/

In addition, Australia's news.com.au questioned Mr. Mori's statement, 'I will definitely do whatever the new coronavirus looks like.'

Tokyo Olympics 2021: Games scheduled as planned, COVID-19 news
https://www.news.com.au/sport/olympics/olympics-organisers-give-giant-middle-finger-to-tokyo/news-story/fd70cf3f580a28fefa6cfbf2cf0c2b30

The New York Times took up the statement in question, saying, 'The president of the Tokyo Olympics proposes restrictions on women at the meeting.'

Tokyo Olympics Chief's Comments Draw Social Media Backlash --The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/03/sports/olympics/tokyo-olympics-yoshiro-mori.html

In addition, forest women disdain remarks of the chairman of the Olympic Charter on the 6th of 'Fundamental Principles of Olympism' of the 'rights and freedoms race to the provisions of this Olympic Charter, skin color, gender, sexual orientation, language, religion, political It must be enjoyed without any kind of discrimination based on the purpose or other opinion, national or social origin, property, origin or other status. ' There is also.

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