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Tokyo Olympics chief to stay on, even as furore grows over sexist comments

Tokyo Olympics chief apologises, but refuses to resign over sexist comments
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Tokyo Olympics chief apologises, but refuses to resign over sexist comments
A former Japanese prime minister, the 83-year-old has a history of making public gaffes. (Photo: AFP/Takashi Aoyama)
04 Feb 2021 10:45AM
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04 Feb 2021 02:35PM)
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TOKYO: Tokyo Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori on Thursday (Feb 4) apologised for making sexist remarks about women, saying he retracted the comments and would not resign, despite calls for him to step down on social media.
The hashtag Mori, please resign was trending on Twitter in Japan on Thursday morning and some users on the platform were calling on sponsors to pressure the Tokyo organising committee into dropping Mori from the top post. ....

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UPDATE 4-Tokyo Olympics chief to stay on, even as furore grows over sexist comments

04 Feb 2021 / 12:32 H.
(Adds JOC board member comment, media report Mori will not resign)
By Mari Saito and Ju-min Park
TOKYO, Feb 4 (Reuters) - The president of the Tokyo Olympic organising committee is not planning to resign even after he stirred controversy with sexist comments that women board members talked too much, local media reported on Thursday.
The 83-year-old Yoshiro Mori, a former Japanese prime minister and head of the Tokyo committee organising the postponed Summer Games this year, had told a newspaper earlier that he may step down if calls for his resignation continue.
The hashtag Mori, please resign was trending on Twitter in Japan on Thursday morning and some users on the platform were calling on sponsors to pressure the Tokyo organising committee into dropping Mori from the top post. ....

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Tokyo Olympics boss Yoshiro Mori facing calls to resign saying women talk too much in meetings

Tokyo Olympics organising committee president apologises for "inappropriate" comments about women being "annoying" in board meetings, but says he will not resign. ....

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Furore over sexist comments: Tokyo Olympics chief says he may need to resign

Tokyo Olympic And Paralympic Games Organising Committee (TOGOC) President Yoshiro Mori (file photo) - Reuters×
Nearly 80 per cent of the Japanese public opposes holding the Games as scheduled in July
The president of the Tokyo Olympic organising committee said he may need to resign over sexist comments that women board members had difficulty speaking concisely, which was annoying, the
Mainichi newspaper quoted him as saying on Thursday.
The 83-year-old Yoshiro Mori, a former Japanese prime minister and head of the Tokyo committee organising the postponed Summer Games this year, said he may step down if calls for his resignation continue. ....

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Tokyo Olympics chief says women talk too much in meetings, causes social media firestorm

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. ....

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