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Former football boss Kawabuchi could be the new Tokyo Olympics boss
Tokyo Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori will resign over his comments about women who talk too much, labeled “sexist” at home and abroad, which sparked anger among sports fans, volunteers and sponsors, they said. sources familiar with the matter on Thursday.
The 83-year-old former prime minister told a meeting of the Japanese Olympic Committee on February 3 that the participation of women in the meetings meant they tended to “drag on.” He later retracted the comments and apologized, but refused to resign.
With less than six months before the games’ opening ceremony, Mori, who failed to obtain public forgiveness after his apology, is expected to announce his resignation on Friday during an extraordinary meeting of the organizing committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. .
The controversy sparked by Mori’s comments comes at a time when plans to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games postponed this summer are unpopular with Japanese audiences.
Mori’s comments were made when asked about the JOC’s plan to increase the number of women on its board. He said that women talk too much in meetings and suggested that their speaking time should be limited.
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