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Tokyo 2020 president Yoshiro Mori bows his head after a news conference in Tokyo on Thursday. | REUTERS
Kyodo Feb 6, 2021
A few European embassies in Japan have tweeted pictures of staff raising their hands under the hashtags #dontbesilent and #genderequality following recent sexist remarks by Tokyo Olympic organizing chief Yoshiro Mori.
After the German Embassy first used the hashtags on Friday, other European diplomatic missions in Tokyo, including those of Finland, Sweden and the European Union, followed suit.
Opposition parties have called for Mori's resignation, but Suga has been hesitant to criticize the organizing committee chief, who still has a large influence within the LDP.
Gold medal for sexism: Tokyo Olympic chief Yoshiro Mori draws rebuke from rights group Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If you re not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/
Kyodo Feb 5, 2021
Controversial remarks by Yoshiro Mori, the president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, have been given a “gold medal” for sexism from an international human rights advocacy group after he said earlier this week that women talk too much.
“Women in Japan are grossly underrepresented in sports federation leadership,” although the Japanese Olympic Committee and the organizing committee, which Yoshiro Mori chairs, “have an important role to play when it comes to gender equality and stopping abuse of athletes,” Human Rights Watch said in a report dated Thursday.
During an online meeting of JOC councilors Wednesday, Yoshiro Mori said women talk too much in meetings and suggested speaking time for women should be limited.