[국제]Tokyo Olympics new organizing chair Hashimoto…

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Mori, who stepped down due to ‘deprecation of women,’ will be replaced by former Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee Chairman Hashimoto.

However, as the history of sexual harassment against male athletes in the past is on the cutting board again, controversy over the Olympics has not subsided.

Tokyo correspondent Lee Gyeong-ah reports.

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Hashimoto’s new Tokyo Olympics organizer is called the “Olympic Woman” in Japan.

Together with the record for the highest number of Japanese women, he won Japan’s first bronze medal in the speed skating 1,500m at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Chairman Hashimoto transformed into a member of the Liberal Democratic Party in 1995 after a brilliant career.

At that time, there is a prospect that Mori will not be free from the influence, as Chairman Mori stepped down due to remarks of’disrespect for women’ who led the political world.

[하시모토 세이코 / 당시 올림픽 담당장관 (2019년) : 모리 조직위원장은 지금도 제게 아버지 같은 분으로 많은 가르침을 받고 있습니다.]

Mr. Hashimoto has made his face known in the international sports world, including serving as the head of the Japanese Olympic athletes, but the Buddha’s death continued.

Reports have been reported that they have been habitually sexually harassed, such as forcibly kissing a male athlete, and excessive drinking amid the spread of Corona 19 has raised controversy.

For this reason, there are mixed pros and cons whether Hashimoto is really suitable as the face of the Tokyo Olympics.

[도쿄 시민 / 여성 : 전혀 불안하지 않습니다. 오히려 희망이 보이는 것 같아요.]

[도쿄 시민 / 남성 : 이번에도 또 밀실에서 자기들 맘대로 (조직위원장을) 정했다는 생각이 듭니다.]

Following the unusual situation in which the chairman of the organizing committee changes five months before the competition, a discord with local governments is also forming.

The governor of Shimane Prefecture publicly expressed negative stance on hosting the Olympics in Corona.

[마루야마 다츠야 / 시마네현 지사 : (코로나19 등) 현재 존재하는 문제점이 해소되지 않으면 (성화 봉송을) 중지해야 한다고 생각합니다.]

While skepticism about the Olympics still remains, the inauguration of the new organizer seems to have a big limit to becoming a card that will turn the mood.

This is Kyungah Lee from YTN in Tokyo.

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

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