Original title: Hundreds of volunteers resigned after the chairman of the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee discriminated against women
Overseas Network, February 8th The Tokyo Organizing Committee announced on the 8th that about 390 Olympic volunteers have submitted their resignations to show their dissatisfaction with the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee Chairman Yoshiro Mori’s previous remarks that discriminated against women.
According to news from the Japanese “Asahi Shimbun” website on the 8th, the Tokyo Organizing Committee stated that its subordinate call center has received about 4550 related complaints. In addition, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government revealed that many citizens complained that “(Yoshiro Mori) did not see that they were apologizing at the press conference.” “The entire Japanese society will cause misunderstanding overseas.”
On the 3rd, when Yoshiro Mori participated in the provisional jury meeting of the Japanese Olympic Committee, he mentioned the female director recruitment plan being promoted by the Japan Sports Agency. He said that the meetings attended by many female directors are very time-consuming. “Women have a strong sense of competition. If you do not control the speaking time, the meeting will be difficult to finish, which is very troublesome.” In addition, he also commented on the 7 female directors of the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee, “(They) can distinguish right from wrong, very practical, and speak to the point.”
Yoshiro Mori’s remarks were criticized by a number of overseas media as suspected of discriminating against women. However, after apologizing for inappropriate remarks on the 5th, Yoshiro Mori said that he would continue to serve. (Overseas Net Wu Qian)
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