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2021/02/04 24 hour corner
▌The Tokyo Olympics “Failure and Evil”? Yoshiro Mori’s Apology for Discriminating Against Women
“Although I do apologize … but I should quit!” As the Tokyo Olympics were still in a difficult situation due to the epidemic, he served as chairman of the Organizing Committee for the Eastern Olympics.JapanFormer Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori spoke out due to a series of discriminatory controversies that sparked a storm of anger and accusations from the public. At the Olympic preparation meeting on day 3, Yoshiro Mori stated in response to the organization’s gender ratio regulations: “If there are too many women, the meetings are a waste of time!” Discrimination against women has been repeated and online conferences have been made public. Yoshiro Mori, who knew his speech was in trouble, held a press conference on the afternoon of the 4th to apologize and “withdrew his inappropriate speech”, but the unquenched public opinion still shouted in the community “Yoshiro Mori resigns and resign! old shame of the country! “
The term “Old Damage” (ろ う が い) is a common Japanese social term that specifically refers to those old-fashioned and disgusting pests in politics or business. With the over-aging of Japan’s age structure and the generational division of the uneven distribution of social resources, the use of the term senility has become more and more widespread.
Yoshiro Mori, 83, is a senior politician from the Liberal Democratic Party. In 2000, when Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi died of a sudden illness, he succeeded Obuchi as Prime Minister. However, his tenure lasted just over a year and he resigned amid various controversies. Although his political achievements have been poorly evaluated, continued negotiation and strategizing behind the scenes of the political arena after he retired has kept the strength of the Mori faction alive. After Japan established the Tokyo Olympics in 2014, Yoshiro Mori took over as president to fight for a stable pace of the Tokyo Olympics. Who knew that the 2020 outbreak of the epidemic would put Too in a difficult and difficult navigational situation.
As president of the Tokyo Olympics, Yoshiro Mori has been emphasizing since last year that the Olympics must be completed anyway. Despite the postponement and change to early 2021, relief from the epidemic has yet to be seen, Yoshiro Mori’s attitude has remained the same. In late January, he firmly stated: “It is not a question of keeping or shutting down, it is ‘what to do’!”
But before actually discussing how the Olympics should be held, Yoshiro Mori once again caused confusion due to his mistakes. On the 3rd, Yoshiro Mori discussed the issue of female directors ratio at a Japan Olympic Committee (JOC) meeting, and surprisingly the result was declared:
“If there are more female directors, the meetings are a waste of time. Women have a strong sense of competition with women. If one person raises their hand to speak, the other will speak immediately. This way everyone will have to talk non-stop …. ”
After the speech was exposed, it was immediately broadcast on the Japanese social network. It wasn’t just Mori’s illogical failure that angered many netizens. Asahi Shimbun also pointed out that after this speech, no one at the scene voiced their disagreement or objection. the collective silence on sexism is even more disturbing. So, “Yoshiro Mori is a veteran”, “national shame” and “Yoshiro Mori is retiring and resigning quickly” began to be released on Twitter.
This pressure from public opinion has also increased with reports from foreign media. On the morning of February 4 the following day, even the “Mainichi Shimbun” and other media revealed that Yoshiro Mori might have actually resigned from the post of President. And Yoshiro Mori finally held a temporary press conference on the afternoon of the 4th to formally apologize to the public: “I withdrew the inappropriate speech.”
Yoshiro Mori emphasized that he had no intention of discriminating against women, but the inappropriate comments were really badly regarded, so he was determined to admit his mistake. As for the alleged resignation, “There is no such plan at this time.” However, despite Yoshiro Mori’s apology, public opinion did not subside. Instead, there was another wave of protests. Yoshiro Mori should resign and resign as soon as possible. Go out! “
Popular anger contains more than this. Atsushi Tamura, a well-known Japanese comedian, announced on YouTube on February 3 that he would be leaving his job as a runner to pass the Olympic flame because of Yoshiro Mori. Atsushi Tamura expressed that he was concerned about the impact of the epidemic and hoped that the Olympics might be postponed, so he couldn’t understand why Yoshiro Mori always insisted on insisting on the Olympics.
“I can’t understand it! Sensang also said, just let the artist run through the fields with the torch … I don’t know if this is a joke. Think about it, Sensang is the same as before, still the same.”
Jun Tamura’s “Same As Before” refers to Yoshiro Mori’s past failures. Shortly after Yoshiro Mori became prime minister in April 2000, he attended the 30th anniversary commemorative meeting of the “Member of Parliament of the Shinto Political Alliance.” Yoshiro Mori said that “Japan is an emperor-centered god country,” a god suspected of being unconstitutional. The country’s speech immediately provoked a backlash in the political arena and from all walks of life, and once again shook the historically sensitive nerves of China and South Korea. Since then, Yoshiro Mori’s approval rate has dropped dramatically and he resigned as prime minister in April 2001.
Another misrepresentation occurred in 2014. At that time, Mao Asada, a figure skater who participated in the Sochi Winter Olympics, slipped and fell behind in the competition. I didn’t expect Yoshiro Mori, who had just been appointed to the Eastern Olympic Organizing Committee, to comment on “Asada” This kid will definitely fall at a critical moment! He even added that “There really is no need to send Asada to the competition to lose face.” However, like the original God Realm speech, Yoshiro Mori didn’t seem to care about his inertia.
“Mori Sang, resign! Discriminatory statements against women already go against the spirit of the Olympics. Withdrawing is Mori’s best practice.” Mori, the older generation of Showa politics who has entered his old age and is also healthy, faces himself again. political career problems.
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