The president of the organizing committee of the Tokyo Olympics,
Yoshiro Mori
, apologized on Thursday for the sexist comments the day before, but rejected the possibility of resigning, despite the wave of criticism in the country.
The statements "go against the spirit of the Olympic and Paralympic Games" and are therefore "inappropriate," Mori admitted at a press conference in Tokyo.
"I would like to withdraw what I have said,"
apologizing "to all who have been offended."
"But I do not intend to resign," he added, recalling his "personal sacrifice for seven years" in the service of organizing the Olympic event, postponed one year due to the pandemic and which will be held from
July 23 to August 8
.
On Wednesday, Yoshiro Mori, the 83-year-old former prime minister of Japan (2000-2001), complained that "boards of directors with many women take too long" because, according to him, "they do not terminate" their speeches, according to statements quoted by the Japanese newspaper Asahi.
"Women have a competitive spirit. If one raises her hand (to speak), the others also feel the need to express themselves. That is why in the end they all end up speaking," she explained during a meeting with the Japanese Olympic committee open to the press.
Mori also appreciated that the women of the Tokyo-2020 organizing committee know how to "stay in their place."
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