Yoshiro Mori will retire on Friday when the committee’s executive board meets, according to Japan’s Kyodo news agency. The 83-year-old said women talk too much and are led by a “strong sense of conflict” at an online meeting of the committee’s board of trustees earlier this month.
Last updated: 11/02/21 10:19 am
Yoshiro Mori is expected to leave with just seven months to go until the Olympics begin.
It is reported that the president of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee is resigning after making sexual remarks.
Yoshiro Mori will retire on Friday when the committee’s governing board meets, according to Japan Kyodo news agency.
The 83-year-old said women talk too much and are led by a “strong sense of conflict” at an online meeting of the committee’s board of trustees earlier this month.
“If we increase the number of female members on the board, we have to make sure that their speaking time is limited a bit, they have a hard time finishing, which is strange,” Mr Mori said. with the Asahi Shimbun newspaper.
Mori retracted his words, admitting that he was inappropriate – but when stressed that he really thought women were talking too much, he replied: “I don’t listen to those women lately, so I don’t know. “
Japan’s former prime minister refused to resign at the time.
But his comments had drawn sharp criticism in parliament, where some opposition politicians wanted him to stop.
Naomi Osaka has struck out at Mori’s comments
One of Japan’s most prominent sports stars, tennis player Naomi Osaka, has criticized the comments as “ignorant”.
“I feel like it was a very ignorant statement to do,” the 23-year-old said. France 24.
“I think someone who gives ideas like that, needs to know more about what they’re talking about.”
Kyodo reports that Saburo Kawabuchi, former chairman of the Japan Football Association and one of the mainstays of his J.League professional football tournament, is about to replace Mori .
This is the latest setting for this year’s Games, which are set to take place on July 23 despite strong public speculation that they believe the multi-sport event should be postponed. canceled or postponed due to the pandemic.
The Games were due to take place last summer but were delayed by 12 months.