The embassies of European countries stationed in Japan have posted messages such as "Don't be silent" and "Gender equality" on Twitter one after another, which has become a hot topic.
Last week, Chairman Mori of the Tokyo Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games withdrew and apologized, saying, "A board with many women takes time."
After that, the embassies of European countries stationed in Japan such as Germany, Sweden and Finland and the representatives of the EU = European Union sent messages such as "Don't shut up" (#dontbesilent) and "Gender equality" (#genderequality). I posted to Twitter one after another.
The message was posted with a photo of the staff raising one hand, and the first German Embassy tweet was retweeted 18,000 times with nearly 50,000 likes as of the 8th. ..
The German embassy told NHK about the photo posted, "The pose of raising the left hand shows the raising of the hand when making a statement during the meeting, and it is filled with the feeling of supporting the positive expression of opinions of women. I will. "
The Embassy of Sweden also said, "Promoting gender equality is Sweden's basic policy goal not only in Japan but also in foreign policy. By raising your hand, we support all women to be involved and speak up. I would like to go. "
Neither embassy mentions any connection with President Mori's remarks.