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“If there are many women, the meeting time will be longer”
This is a statement from the official meeting, chairman of the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee, Yoshiro Mori, who was also the prime minister of Japan.
I apologized when the criticism came out, but the reporters’ questioning blew up, saying, “I didn’t say I didn’t talk about it.
Correspondent Ko Hyun-seung reports from Tokyo.
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As soon as he became the chairman of the 2014 Tokyo Olympics Organizing Committee, Chairman Yoshiro Mori was condemned by criticizing figure skating star Mao Asada.
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“He’s really falling asleep in an important moment. How is he…”
This time, while attending a meeting of the Olympic Organizing Committee in Japan to discuss ways to increase the proportion of female directors, he said, “A board with a large number of women takes time. It takes twice as long.”
“Women have a strong sense of competition, so if one person raises their hand, everyone will speak,” he explained. “If you want to increase the number, you must also regulate the time.”
The blatant and unscrupulous remarks of female disproportionate criticism from both inside and outside the country.
Japanese media wrote that “the responsibility is heavy for remarks that go against the Olympic ideology,” and the New York Times also reported that “the Tokyo Olympic organizers are facing new anger.
On social media, there were lines asking for resignation, saying, “If this is a country, female players should not attend.”
As the excommunication grew, Chairman Mori officially apologized in one day and also mentioned the possibility of resignation.
However, as the questioning attack continued, he said, “I wasn’t talking about nothing.”
“I remember hearing that (the competition organizations) chose a lot of female directors, and as a result, there were many things. I said it would be difficult in the future.”
Chairman Mori, who was 83 years old this year and served as Prime Minister in 2000, revealed that it was difficult to hold the Tokyo Olympics earlier this year.
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“As the chairman of the organizing committee, I can’t say’this year’s hard’ even if my mouth is torn.”
In a recent Japanese poll, 8 out of 10 say they will cancel or reenact the Olympics.
The Japanese government is in a position to hold even non-audience games, but only bad news is accumulating.
This is Hyunseung Ko from MBC News in Tokyo.
(Video coverage: Lee Jang-sik, Kim Jin-ho (Tokyo) / Video editing: Kim Tae-woo)
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