Tokyo 2020 president faces backlash for sexist remarks 1 minute read
Tokyo, Feb 4 (efe-epa).- The president of the Tokyo 2020 organizing committee is facing public backlash in Japan after saying that women make meetings “drag on” because they all want to talk.
Yoshiro Mori made the statements at a meeting on Wednesday, and were reported by Japanese daily Asahi Shimbun. After they came to light, #RetireYoshiroMori and #ContemptForWomen hashtags began trending on Twitter in Japan.
“It was an inappropriate remark. I apologize,” Mori said Thursday, adding that he would not resign from his post, according to Kyodo news.
The organizing committee is yet to comment on the matter.
Mori later gave a news conference in which he told reporters his remarks were inappropriate, in conflict with the Olympic spirit, and that he wanted to withdraw them. He apologised, but said that he didn’t intend to resign. AFP
The head of the Tokyo Olympic Organising Committee resisted calls for his resignation after igniting an uproar by saying women talk too much in meetings.
Gaffe-prone former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, 83, made the remark on Feb 3 in response to plans to double the proportion of women on the board of the Japanese Olympic Committee to 40% from 20%. They came as the organisers published a playbook about how they plan to stage the delayed Tokyo 2020 Games this summer amid the pandemic.
Tokyo Olympic head says meetings with women drag on The head of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee on Wednesday said that meetings with many women tend to drag on for longer than necessary. The education ministry has been very insistent about choosing female directors. But a board meeting with plenty of women will make it drag on, Yoshiro Mori said, referring to the Japanese Olympic Committee s plan to increase the number of women on its board.
Speaking at an extraordinary meeting of JOC councilors, the 83-year-old cited his experience as a former chairman of the Japan Rugby Football Union, saying, Women have a strong sense of rivalry. If one (female) member raises her hand to speak, all the others feel the need to speak too. Everyone ends up saying something.
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The Japan Rugby Football Union has revealed the revamped format and schedule for the 2021 Top League season.
The start of the campaign is now set for Feb. 20 and will run until April 11. A matchup between Toyota Verblitz and Toshiba Brave Lupus in Nagoya is the headliner among the first round of games.
The season was originally slated to begin Jan. 16, but was postponed after multiple teams experienced COVID-19 outbreaks. Earlier this week, the league announced the total number of positive cases was 68.
Speaking in an online news conference on Saturday, JRFU Chairman Kensuke Iwabuchi said 29 of the 68 players have now tested negative for the virus and have resumed practicing with their teams. He added that the majority of the remaining players are expected to return to rugby activities in the next week or so.
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