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President Yoshiro Mori (from the official Tokyo 2020 live broadcast)
Yoshiro Mori (83), president of the Tokyo Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, attended a joint round table between the board of directors and the board of advisers on the 12th, taking responsibility for the disdain of women and announced his resignation. . Looking back at the preparations made so far, Mr. Mori argued, “There was intentional coverage and I was told that I despised women.” He was also called “gerontocracy” and he was “extremely nasty” and angry. The statements of Mr. Mori at the beginning of the round table are as follows.
I diedSo, forgive me, and I’d like to say hello to you first.
Many people gathered in this way today, and some of them are participating remotely. This means that around 45 people are watching.
As the President just said, this time he was very confused by my inappropriate comments. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused to the directors, councilors and many others.
Today, as has already been reported, I believe that today I have resigned as president. The important thing is that the Olympics are held correctly in July, so I don’t think it should be an obstacle to my presence in the preparations for the Olympics.
◆ From 44 employees to more than 3,000, “impressive”
As I recall, it was eight years ago, but in January 2014, the Organizing Committee started by borrowing a part of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building. At that time, we started with 44 people. Today, there are many people who are absent due to Corona, but there are more than 3,000 staff members and each department is working hard to prepare for the Olympics. Even if I think of all of them, I am deeply moved.
Since its launch in 2014, we have made a proposal to review the place. It was decided to take the plunge and downsize the original plan at the time, which was mostly made by the original Tokyo. For that reason, the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games to be held in Tokyo will be held in neighboring prefectures such as Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba, and some Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures.・ It was also a Paralympic Games.
There are also soccer qualifiers. Also, baseball was added later, so there will be qualification for this, so before the tournament, we will play soccer and baseball, so we will play soccer especially in each prefecture centered in Tohoku … We order baseball and softball in the Fukushima prefecture, and we are also preparing for this with the great effort of the governors of each prefecture and everyone else.
Additionally, in 2015, there was a tripartite agreement, which was an agreement between the economically distressed country and the capital.
Then, in 2016, the Rio tournament was held. It was a great athlete success, but it is also fresh in my memory that Prime Minister Abe visited us at that time and there was a great ceremony that was talked about internationally called Abe Mario.
In 2017, we championed a movement to make medals by recycling so-called mobile phones. At the same time, let’s make a podium out of PET bottles. If possible, we are also considering a plan to give it to the parent school of the athletes who participated.
◆ Aiming for a sustainable society
Also, I wonder if I have been to Fukuoka prefecture now, but it is a torch. We at the Olympics with the goal of a so-called sustainable society, such as stripping the metal part of the temporary housing that was also used at the time of the Tohoku earthquake and making a torch with this torch. It is thanks to all of you that both the Organizing Committee and the Organizing Committee have decided to do everything possible together.
Also, in 2018, President Bach came and reconfirmed that it was the rebuilding Olympics.
In 2019, the flow of heat measures was to move the marathon to Sapporo, which was a proposal from the IOC, but with the cooperation of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the people of the country, Hokkaido, and the city of Sapporo. With your cooperation, we are well prepared for this.
