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Immediately after Yoshiro Mori, chairman of the Tokyo Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, who withdrew after saying: “It will take time for the board of directors to have a lot of women,” was criticized for his comments on the 8th. he had decided to resign from the position of president. The reason was that he thought it would upset everyone, but he was stopped by the organization’s executives and changed his mind. (Yutaka Tajima)
◆ “Outrageous” environment
The comments made by the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) about the female directors on the 3rd quickly spread both nationally and internationally. According to Mr. Mori, when Mr. Mori arrived at the organizing committee in Harumi, Tokyo, on the morning of the 4th, executives such as Vice President Toshiaki Endo and Secretary General Toshiro Mutou gathered. “I’m hungry (for resignation).” When Mr. Mori told him that, the people around him urged him to say, “It’s ridiculous. Not everyone agrees.” It is said that there was a call from former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and others.
Mori served as Chairman of the Board of the Tokyo Olympics Nominations Committee and became Chairman of the Organizing Committee in January 2014. He has led the review and coordination of the celebration plan using his connections with the leaders of each country, the members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the political and business world.
When lung cancer was discovered in March 2015, he chose a surgical method that would not overload the postoperative course and was back on site within a few weeks. He is still on dialysis on a regular basis. He refused to resign at the press conference on the afternoon of the 4th, but said in an interview with this newspaper: “I was tired and I thought it was time to resign. I originally intended to (get him on track) for about three years.” years.”
