Despite the efforts of Japanese and Olympic officials to quash the debate, pressure on the Games' organizing chief is mounting over his recent comments that women talk too much in board meetings.
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Despite sexist comments by Tokyo 2020 president Yoshiro Mori, the government and sporting establishment in Japan have refrained from joining calls for his resignation. | POOL / VIA AFP-JIJI
Kyodo Feb 8, 2021
Sexist remarks by Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics organizing committee head Yoshiro Mori have set off a wave of criticism in Japan and abroad, but members of the country’s government and sporting establishment have refrained from joining calls for his resignation.
Osaka slams sexist comments by Tokyo Olympics chief
Japanese tennis superstar says Mori made a really ‘ignorant’ statement
AFP
February 06, 2021
MELBOURNE:
Japanese tennis superstar Naomi Osaka Saturday slammed ignorant remarks from the Tokyo Olympics chief organiser after a sexism row that has triggered an angry backlash and calls for his resignation.
Osaka, a leading face of the Games in her home nation, joined growing criticism of former Japanese prime minister Yoshiro Mori, 83, after he complained that women speak for too long in meetings.
The gaffe-prone Mori has apologised but refused to step down, and attempted to justify his comments by explaining he doesn t speak to women much .
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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.