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Yoshiro Mori (83), president of the Tokyo Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, denied his resignation on the 4th in response to an interview with the press in Tokyo. She apologized for the problem saying at the extraordinary meeting of the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) council on the 3rd of the previous day, “It takes time for a meeting with many women.” After that, he expressed his intention to complete his job, saying, “I have no intention of resigning.” Below is President Mori’s full press conference.
-Opening observation
President Mori I greeted you yesterday after the JOC board meeting, and I think some of you may have heard of it, so I would not like to elaborate. We apologize for the inconvenience caused by your meeting. I acknowledge that the statement made yesterday in the JOC Council was inappropriate because it went against the spirit of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. First of all, I deeply reflect on that. And I would like to withdraw the matter that I said. I’d like to apologize to everyone who made me feel uncomfortable. Gender equality is clearly established in the Olympic and Paralympic Games. I am very grateful that many women are active in both the athletes and the organizing committee staff. As you all know, we did not mention our organizing committee. I think you heard what I said about this Organizing Committee in a good way. It’s been half a year until the tournament and everyone involved is working hard. In that process, I, the person in charge, thought that I should not interfere with his work, and I apologized for the correction and withdrawal. To accept athletes from all over the world, the people, the IOC, the IPC and other parties International stakeholders will continue to dedicate themselves and strive to celebrate the Games based on the spirit of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
-Criticism of national and foreign media: The idea of resigning
President Mori I have no idea to resign. I have worked hard for seven years with this dedicated help. I have no intention of doing anything, if everyone tells you it’s a nuisance like you said it may have turned into gerontocracy or oversized garbage so hopefully you can sweep it up.
-The IOC defends gender equality. Comments made by Japan while trying to equalize the gender balance. How do you want to explain to the world?
President Mori Even if I say more than that, misunderstandings will cause misunderstandings, and there are always people who are different than those who have always come, so I’m not sure, but I am a director of the Organizing Committee. t attend the meeting. He greeted the JOC Council as an honorary member. Apparently those who are with the Board of the Organizing Committee, especially foreigners, can be with it, but this is reported. I greeted him at the JOC Board of Trustees. One of them is that Mr. Yamashita said that the reform this time was a very big reform, and he had a lot of trouble reforming the JOC board, and he pushed considerably from the board from the beginning, and it was difficult. They consulted me when they asked me to do it, so I told them to do the best I could. So Mr. Yamashita’s first big job, the most successful was HR, so I appreciate that it was done well and I thank Mr. Yamashita. For so-called government (sports organization) governance (code), if you get too attached to numbers, it can be difficult to manage.In such circumstances, I cited the history of the board of directors that I know a little bit and made such a statement.
-Is it the claim that women have a long story in mind for a particular head of the Rugby Football Union?
President Mori I have no idea, and I never knew who the director was and who spoke on the Rugby Union board of directors.
-What is the truth about the IOC statements?
President Mori, I don’t know. Every day when the sun rises, this is the afternoon … and then the meeting begins. There may be such a story
– What is the intention to explain President Mori?
President Mori You don’t have to do that, because he was here now. You can’t publish (article) yesterday and not today, right?
-The president said that the tournament was understood by the people. Doesn’t criticism of the event increase if you don’t take responsibility for it?
President Mori Thank you for your concern. But did you say exactly what you’re saying first? We will withdraw it as it should not be misleading, I said it because I think it goes against the spirit of the Olympics.
-Are you aware that the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has established rules regarding the promotion of women because it is noisy?
President Mori That is not recognition. Because there are only women and men. Of course there are both genders, I think it’s okay for anyone to choose, but it’s a standard that you have to stick to the numbers and have up to 7 people, but it’s better not to try too hard and not overdo it. I wanted to say
– Does the number mean that yesterday the Ministry of Education is noisy?
President Mori It is not because it is loud but because it shows that kind of governance and everyone seems to be going through a difficult time Yesterday I told Mr. Yamashita that it is difficult to manage the conference summarizing those stories because I am not related to any federation and various stories come from various people.
-Yesterday, Mr. Tamura (Atsushi) of the London Boots No. 1 and No. 2 talents declined in the torch relay.
President Mori Well, I think it was reported yesterday, but I don’t think this was yesterday’s meeting. At the meeting of the Liberal Democratic Party the day before yesterday there was a question about the relief at that time, and although we do not do it directly, we are asking the executive commissions of each prefecture, basically avoiding densities. Among them, I believe that popular talent should refrain from gathering as many as possible. It is not for us to decide who instructed it or who will run how many kilometers. The executive committee decides. What I can tell the prefecture is to avoid density as much as possible. The fans gather when the talent arrives. How can I avoid it? For example, the only place where there is nothing is the rice fields. I just presented that there is an opinion (from other people) that it causes problems in agricultural work, but since the sky is open, it does not muffle the air, and that is the only thing. As an example, I asked the executive committee to also consider and decide on this.
-Do you want famous runners to keep running?
President Mori: I am not in a position to say whether or not you should run. I think they will bring him here after the prescribed procedure, but I have never seen him I don’t know who will run
-As a basic perception, do women think that history is long?
President Mori I don’t know much because I haven’t heard of women lately
-Today, Governor Koike said at a press conference that the long story is down to the people.
President Mori I am also a long time person
-The tendency is to decide in advance the proportion of women in the Diet.
President Mori Isn’t this decided by the will of the people?
-Does the president himself agree or disagree with the quota system?
President Mori There is neither for nor against, what people naturally decide
-Where and how do you think the misunderstanding and the inappropriate statement at first are inappropriate?
President Mori You said he made a statement distinguishing between men and women.
-You mentioned that it goes against the spirit of the Olympic Games, but is it appropriate for such a person to be the President of the Organizing Committee?
President Mori What do you think?
-I don’t think I’m the right person.
President Mori agrees that way.
-Even though you mentioned earlier that you are not responsible because it was not your statement as president.
President Mori I am not saying that I cannot be held responsible. I am going to see the place and say
-Is that statement good because it was not a statement from the Organizing Committee?
President Mori That’s not true See everyone and ask questions, yesterday
-You used to say “I know”, but do you recognize that women are in a position to refrain from talking?
President Mori That is not the case
-Why do you say that?
President Mori Isn’t it important to talk based on the place, time and topic, otherwise the meeting won’t move forward.
-You need to limit yourself to women.
President Mori You said you included me too
(Moderator) Regarding the content of the opening remarks …
(President Mori) “Do you want to make (article) fun?”
-I ask you because I want to ask what you think is the problem.
President Mori So, as I said before
-I expressed to him that it was a misunderstanding that the time would be longer if there were many women, but is this a misunderstanding?
President Mori, I heard that way. Since last year, it seems that all associations and federations have been struggling with personnel issues based on a series of governance (code). I used to be the president of the sports association, which is the general council that controls the whole, so I am close to all the groups. They can also go for consultation. At that time, it was quite difficult, especially in the case of Mr. Yamashita, he said that he had a lot of problems because he had to remove the directors from the JOC board and increase the number of women, and there was opposition among the directors. Because I heard a difficult story that I managed to get so far
-So, do you mean that each competition group has said that if there are many women the meeting will be long?
President Mori I often hear stories like this.
-What kind of competition is it, for example?
President Mori, I can’t say that
-I took it as a statement that was not substantiated, like the data.
President Mori I don’t know the reason why the person who said that said, but I remember hearing that I heard that a lot happened as a result of electing many female directors. I told Mr. Yamashita that such a thing will be difficult in the future.
-Everyone is angry with this comment. The management of the Olympic Games does not respect women. Some people say they don’t want to see Mori-san’s Olympics, but how do you handle it?
President Mori humbly accepts it, so I’m telling him to stand down
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