Yoshiro Mori, chairman of the Tokyo Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games (JOC), held a press conference on February 4, 2021 over his remarks on “women.”
Chairman Mori apologized and withdrew his remarks, but denied his resignation. However, in the question and answer session that followed, the interview was finally conspicuous, with a female reporter requesting “remove the mask” and returning with anger, “Don’t you ask me because you want to make it funny?” ..
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Yoshiro Mori removes the mask (Photo: Representative shooting / Reuters / Afro)
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“Come on? What do you think?”
Mr. Mori said at the JOC extraordinary council meeting on February 3, “It takes time for a board with many women.” On the other hand, criticisms of “female disdain” were flooded at home and abroad. Mr. Mori held a press conference from 14:00 on the 4th, and at the beginning, “I recognize that it was an inappropriate expression contrary to the spirit of the Olympics and Paralympics. I deeply regret it. Regarding the matter I made a statement I want to withdraw. I would like to apologize to those who feel uncomfortable. ” He denied his resignation.
In the question and answer session that follows, Mr. Mori’s “curse” will be revealed. When a TV station woman asked Mr. Mori, “Have you ever thought that you had to resign (chairmanship)?”, Mr. Mori said, “Hey, I can’t really hear you wearing that mask. And “remove the mask” are requested. The woman replied, “I’m sorry,” and asked the same question again. After that, when a woman from another TV station stood in front of the microphone, she made a gesture to take off the mask, saying, “It’s a little bad, take it. I can’t hear you.”
Finally, when a man at the radio station cut out “Please let me know some”, Mr. Mori requested “Please make one.” When asked if he was the right person to chair the Organizing Committee, he replied, “Come on? What do you think?” When the man insists, “I don’t think I’m the right person,” Mori says, “I’ll accept that.” After that, the man asked a question, but Mr. Mori finally interrupted, “I want to make it funny, right?”
From Twitter users who were watching the press conference, there were a series of voices that were disappointed by Mr. Mori’s attitude, “Is this an apology press conference?” And “What is the press conference for?” After the press conference, words such as “reverse press conference” and “Japanese shame” have been trending on Twitter in Japan.
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