At a meeting of the Games’ executive board, Hashimoto said he would “fulfill a heavy responsibility as chairman of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics” and was “fully committed” to holding a successful event between July 23 and August 8.
Hash Hashimoto, 56, told reporters early Thursday that he had handed over his resignation as prime minister to Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.
“It was a big decision for me to resign,” Hashimoto said.
Hashimoto competed in four Winter Olympics as a speed skater and three Summer Olympics as a cyclist. She won the only medal in the 1,500-meter speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics – the bronze.
“Meetings with a lot of women take more time” because “women are competitive – if a member raises his hand to speak, others think they need to talk too,” Mori said at a meeting of trustees of the Mor Olympic Congregation. .
He added, “If you want to increase female membership, you will get in trouble unless you keep the deadline in place.”
Former Prime Minister Eva Mori later resigned, offering a “deep apology” for his remarks, adding that “chaos has spread because of my inappropriate statement.”
A storm of new sexualism
One week after Mori resigned, another male octagonal leader from Japan pulled over with a misleading remark.
Toshihiro Nikai, general secretary of the country’s leading Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), proposed on Tuesday that women legislators should oversee key party meetings – but not speak out.
The party has two women on its 12-member board, while it has only three women on its 25-member general council.
Nikai said it was important for women to “fully understand what kind of political discussions are taking place” at the meeting of directors and the general conference. “It will give them a look,” he added at a news conference on Tuesday.
, Online, their proposals became a trending topic attracting thousands of posts, with Twitter users challenging comments as tone deaf and sexist.
“How disappointing … but I’ll bet (Nikai) still thinks he’s doing something good here. Think about it, we let him (female legislators) be present. But no, he lets them.” Can’t go that far. “Hiroki Mizoguchi, a leading author on immigration issues in Japan, tweeted.” He says it’s better than not having women in the meeting. It’s really awesome, ”he added.
Japanese author Mako Kawakami, best known for her feminist novel Breasts and Eggs, Also Nikai’s comments on Twitter were described as “unacceptable” and “misunderstood”, stating that members of the male ruling party would never understand the issue of gender equality.
“According to his views, men will take care of women as long as women do not threaten them and obey them. In Japan, women are always considered second class citizens here,” Kawakami added.
CNN has reached out to the LDP General Council’s office fee, stating that “nothing has been officially decided” about women joining key meetings as observers.
Over the past decade, demographic challenges and the growing number of women in higher education have begun to change gradually. Japan’s male-dominated management formations.
The Tokyo report was contributed by Reuters and CNN’s Selena Wang and Junko Ogura.
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