[국제]Tokyo Olympics again’wield’… chairman’s remarks against women’abrupt bad news’

[앵커]

As skepticism about the event spread greatly, the Tokyo Olympics, which became increasingly difficult, faced another major bad news.

This is because Mori Olympic Organizing Committee Chairman’s remarks of’deprecating women’.

At the press conference, where he said he would apologize, there was a situation where he couldn’t laugh, making him more angry.

Tokyo correspondent Lee Gyeong-ah reports.

[기자]

The remarks in question came from a meeting of the Japanese Olympic Committee members held by video.

Chairman Mori said that meetings with many women take time.

Women have a lot of competition, saying, “If one person speaks, all will be done.”

Some said that it will seldom end if you do not limit the time.

Public opinion was infested with anachronistic remarks against women.

Not only in Japan but also foreign media such as the New York Times strongly criticized this remark, saying that it is against the spirit of the Olympics aiming for equality.

In a hurry, Chairman Mori volunteered to hold a press conference.

[모리 요시로 / 도쿄올림픽 조직위원장 : 깊이 반성하고 있습니다. 그리고 제가 한 발언은 철회하겠습니다.]

However, the press conference ended up anointing the house on fire.

This is because it was difficult to find signs of reflection, such as getting angry at the reporter’s question.

[취재기자 : 앞서 ‘나의 부끄러운 점에 대해 말하겠다’고 하셨는데요.]

[모리 요시로 / 도쿄올림픽 조직위원장 : 그런 말은 더 이상 듣고 싶지 않아.…(기사를) 웃기고 이상하게 쓰려고 그런 걸 묻는 거지?]

While over 80% of the people were negative about hosting this year’s Olympics, the Japanese government, which tried to save the fire somehow, became embarrassed.

[가토 가츠노부 / 일본 내각관방장관 : (모리 위원장 발언에 대해) 구체적인 답변은 삼가겠습니다. 조직위 차원에서 여러 가지로 대응할 것이라고 생각합니다.]

Public opinion is rapidly spreading on the Internet, mainly on SNS, demanding that Chairman Mori resign.

It is not possible to change the chairman of the organizing committee after the opening six months, and the situation cannot be left in the midst of criticism.

It seems increasingly difficult for 83-year-old Mori to persuade the world to participate in the face of the Olympics, who had previously been struck by frequent word mistakes.

This is Kyungah Lee from YTN in Tokyo.

[저작권자(c) YTN & YTN plus 무단전재 및 재배포 금지]