[서울=뉴스핌] Reporter Kim Yong-seok = All four people who were’faces’ to host the Tokyo Olympics left the stage.
Yoshiro Mori, chairman of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games Organizing Committee, took responsibility and expressed his gratitude for remarks on’discrimination against women’ on the 12th (Korean time).
It was decided to host the Tokyo Olympics in September 2013, eight years ago. However, with Yoshiro Mori’s resignation that day, all four protagonists resigned, including former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Naoki Inose, who was governor of Tokyo at the time of the decision, and Tsune Kazu Takeda, chairman of the Japan Olympic Committee (JOC).
| Yoshi Mori, Chairman of the Induction Committee, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Tokyo Governor Naoki Inose, and Chairman Tsune Kazu Takeda of the JOC, who posed at the opening ceremony for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games on August 23, 2013 (from the far right of the front row) All at the time). [사진= 마이니치 신문] |
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| [서울=뉴스핌] Reporter Kim Yong-seok = Yoshiro Mori, chairman of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games Organizing Committee, who has expressed his resignation. [사진= 로이터 뉴스핌] 2021.02.12 [email protected] |
Japan’s Mainichi Shimbun expressed this as’the curse of the Tokyo Olympics host committee?’ Earlier, Chairman Mori mentioned the issue of increasing the number of female directors at the Temporary Council of the Japan Olympic Committee (JOC) held on the 3rd and said, “The board of directors with many women takes time (to proceed with the meeting).”
“Inappropriate remarks caused confusion. My presence shouldn’t be a hindrance to the Tokyo Olympics scheduled for July,” Mori explained the reason for the resignation.
International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) chairman Thomas Bach said Mori’s decision to resign, “we will continue to work with his successor to hold the Tokyo Olympics in a safe and secure manner.”
Kyodo News Agency said, “As Chairman Mori’s successor, Seiko Hashimoto is on the rise.”
The 2020 Tokyo Olympics is the first event in the history of the 124 Olympics to be postponed due to a virus (Corona 19).
The three cases canceled so far (1916, 1940, 1944) were all caused by wars, including World Wars 1 and 2.
However, it is unclear whether the Tokyo Olympics, scheduled for July, will be held, with all four of the host members disappearing behind the stage.
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| [서울=뉴스핌] Reporter Kim Yong-seok = A pedestrian wearing a mask and an Olympic sculpture created in Tokyo. [사진= 로이터 뉴스핌] 2021.02.12 [email protected] |
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