Original title: The chairman of the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee resigned due to improper remarks, which crushed Mori Yoshiro’s “last straw”?
Sometimes, it is too late to “apologize”.
According to Japanese media reports, in recent days, former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, who was suspected of discriminating against women, decided to resign as chairman of the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee under heavy pressure.
Last week, during the provisional review of the Tokyo OlympicsmeetingAt that time, Yoshiro Mori said: “The meetings attended by many women are very time-consuming, and one person raises their hands and everyone wants to speak.” As the Japan Sports Agency is considering promoting the recruitment plan for female directors recently, Mori’s remarks came immediately. Many criticisms continue to ferment not only in the Japanese media but also in the international media.
Although Yoshiro Mori himself apologized for the matter last week after realizing the seriousness of the situation, and the International Olympic Committee also hoped to “settle things down,” saying that after his apology, “this matter has come to an end”, but The Japanese people do not buy it.
Yoshiro Mori recently expressed that he hopes that his resignation will completely end the storm caused by this. Currently, Yoshiro Mori’s successor has not been announced.
Business pressure may become the “last straw”
In the past week, the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee Advisory Center has received a total of about 350 questioning calls and 4,200 related emails to protest Yoshiro Mori’s inappropriate remarks.At the same time, about 400 volunteers said they would withdraw from the Olympic Games.service. At least two torchbearers objected to the torch relay that was about to start at the end of March.
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga also criticized the matter euphemistically at the first time, but he also stated that he had no right to ask Yoshiro Mori to resign.Executive by the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee composed of politicians, sports and business peopleCommitteeHas the right to decide on the position of chairman of the Olympic Organizing Committee.
Japanese media believe that the “last straw” that crushed Mori may be pressure from sponsors.Japanese media on 70 OlympicsenterpriseAccording to a survey of partners, more than half of them think Mori’s remarksaccept“, 22 of the interviewed companies stated that they have receivedclientThe protest phone calls for the termination of the cooperative relationship with the Tokyo Olympics.
The world’s largest carmanufacturerOne ofToyota Motor CorporationPresidentToyoda Akio(Akio Toyoda) took the lead in breaking the silence on February 10, deeply regretting Yoshiro Mori’s remarks, believing that it violates Toyota’s long-standingValues. “As one of the top sponsors of the Olympic Games, Toyota agrees that the Olympic Games aims to build an equal and inclusive society through sports competition,” he said.In addition, Japan’s Asahi Group and Japan’s largest oilthe companyNew Japan Petroleum CorporationAnd so on, expressed regret for Yoshiro Mori’s remarks.
According to data released by the International Olympic Committee, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics has raised more than US$3.1 billion (approximately 21.9 billion yuan) from 63 Japanese companies.RMBThe sponsorship of) is almost three times that of the Beijing and London Olympics, and twice that of the two recent World Cup football matches. This does not include the generous support of the “local Olympics” from Japanese companies in the TOP plan of the Olympic sponsor system (ie Panasonic, Toyota, Bridgestone, etc.).
Yoshiro Mori, 83, officially stepped into Japanese politics in 1969. Since then, as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party, he has not only served local governments, but also held important positions in the central government, becoming the leader of the Sen faction of the Liberal Democratic Party. He succeeded Keizo Obuchi who suffered a cerebral hemorrhage in 2000 as Japanese Prime Minister. However, due to policy disputes, he resigned early one year later and Junichiro Koizumi took over as Prime Minister of Japan. After 2012, Yoshiro Mori officially withdrew from Japanese politics.It is precisely because of his extensive contacts and outstandingCoordinationTwo years later, at the invitation of then Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Yoshiro Mori became the chairman of the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee in Japan, making various preparations for the return of the Olympic Games to Japan after 60 years.
How difficult is gender equality in Japan
Social and Gender Studies, Kokugakuin University, JapanprofessorKiriu Minashita believes that Yoshiro Mori’s remarks are indeed gaffes, “but this should not be attributed to his character. This is a true portrayal of how Japanese society makes decisions and how people in power are biased.” He said, “Except for asking Mori. In addition to being responsible for his remarks, Xilang must also correct this social background.”
Japanese media also said that Mori’s above remarks particularly angered the younger generation of Japanese women. Many young women said that this reflects that the older generation of Japanese men’s discrimination against women is still deeply rooted.
In the World Economic Forum’s Gender Equality Index, Japan’s score is not high. In 2020, the index shows that among 153 economies, Japan’s gender equality index only ranks 121st, which is close to the bottom among the major advanced economies. According to data from the Japanese government, in 2019 listed companies in Japan, women accounted for only 5.2% of the leadership.
In 2003, the Japanese government also set a goal to significantly increase the number of women in corporate leadership (up to 30%) by 2020. But this plan did not materialize and was marginalized by other measures to boost economic and political development.
Yoshihisa Aono, 46-year-old Yoshihisa Aono, president of Cybozu, a listed Japanese software development company, said, “Mori’s remarks reflect the deep-rooted’morbidity’ in Japanese companies. He failed to change his old belief that men earn Money, women take care of the family.” Yoshihisa Aono has always opposed the “married couple with the same surname” regulations in Japanese society. According to the “Civil Law” of Japan, a couple should use one of them as their common surname after marriage. Ao Ye believes that this is a manifestation of the “lazy government” of the Japanese bureaucracy.
Ao Ye said that due to the internaljobsYears of agePromotionRegarding the system, those elderly men often occupy an important position in the company, and this group just cannot keep up with the changing values of society.Some experts also believe thatWorking hoursAs a basis for promotioncompany culture, Is also the main obstacle preventing women from further promotion.
Nana Otsuki, who serves as an external consultant for some Japanese superior companies, once said that many Japanese men did not agree with the value of women in the workplace until these women “threaten” them.
In Japanese politics, the situation is similar. According to data from the Inter-Parliamentary Union in Geneva, Switzerland as of October 2020, the proportion of women in the House of Representatives of the Japanese Parliament is only 9.9%, ranking 167th among 190 economies.
Yoko Tajima, a 79-year-old former professor at Hosei University and an expert on women’s studies in Japan, is pleased to see the domestic and international backlash against the Mori incident, which he believes will awaken the international community’s attention to the issue of equal rights for men and women again.
“Japanese men are very concerned about their ownpublicImage. Only when they feel embarrassed will they realize how shameful sex discrimination is. “She said, “If we do not create a social environment where women’s talents are appreciated and women’s contributions are valued, Japan will become increasingly marginalized in the international society, and even decline. “
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