Our website use cookies to improve and personalize your experience and to display advertisements (if any). Our website may also include cookies from third parties like Google Adsense, Google Analytics, and Youtube. By using the website, you consent to the use of cookies.

Tokyo Olympics chief’s ‘annoying’ women remark and six other sexism rows in Japan

Tokyo Olympics chief’s ‘annoying’ women remark and six other sexism rows in Japan

BEH LIH YI Tokyo 2020 Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori, who resigned on Friday after making sexist remarks, is the latest Japanese official whose comments about women have sparked outrage. Mori apologised but failed to quell a global outcry and his departure is a rare example of an official being held accountable for sexism in Japan, ranked 121 out of 153 countries on the World Economic Forum's Gender Gap Index. Mori, 83, sparked a furore when he said during an Olympic committee meeting this month that women talk too much "which is annoying". He initially refused to step down. The issue has focused global attention…
Read More