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Countries split on whether to prioritize vaccines for Tokyo Olympic athletes: survey The Mainichi
TOKYO While vaccinations against the coronavirus have begun in Japan, countries around the world have taken varying responses regarding whether to prioritize shots for athletes competing in the Tokyo Olympics.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has encouraged summer Tokyo Games athletes to get vaccinated, but questions remain over when and how inoculations will happen, and one foreign media outlet has posited that COVID-19 vaccines for participating athletes may become a future political issue.
Seiko Hashimoto, president of the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, called vaccinations the first step toward hope in a Feb. 18 press conference following her appointment as the committee s new chief. In Japan, health care workers are currently being vaccinated; after them, inoculations for older people and individuals with preexi
Olympics minister Hashimoto eyed as replacement for outgoing Tokyo 2020 president Mori
February 12, 2021 (Mainichi Japan)
Olympic minister Seiko Hashimoto is seen heading to a Cabinet meeting at the prime minister s office in Tokyo on Feb. 12, 2021. (Mainichi/Kan Takeuchi) TOKYO Olympics minister Seiko Hashimoto has surfaced as a candidate to succeed Yoshiro Mori as president of the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games following Mori s announcement of his resignation on Feb. 12 over sexist remarks, multiple sources have disclosed. From the perspective of gender equality, officials had suggested a woman should be chosen as the new president of the committee. During her career as an athlete, Hashimoto, 56, took part in both the summer and winter Olympics a total of seven times in speed skating and cycling, and also previously served as vice president of the Japanese Olympic Committee.
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As criticism rages over Tokyo Olympic chief s sexist remarks, officials defend his post The Mainichi
TOKYO The public backlash over sexist remarks by Yoshiro Mori, president of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games organizing committee, to the effect that meetings with many women drag on, has shown no signs of abating in Japan or abroad.
At home, a signature drive calling for Mori s resignation, among other demands, advanced mainly by young people via social media, has collected more than 85,000 names so far.
Some Japanese government officials and those within the Tokyo 2020 organizing committee defended the 83-year-old Mori on Feb. 5, but media and other parties overseas underscored the criticism.