Mr. Mori, chairman of the Tokyo Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, has decided to resign from his post as chairman, saying that he wants to take responsibility for the widespread influence of his remarks, which can be perceived as disdain for women.
Mr. Mori, chairman of the Tokyo Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, said on the 3rd of this month that "the board of directors with many women will take time" and then withdrew and apologized, but the volunteers who support the Games declined. The impact is spreading one after another.
Under these circumstances, Chairman Mori decided to resign from the post of chairman because he wanted to take responsibility for his remarks, and informed the people concerned.
Mr. Mori is 83 years old.
Since being elected for the first time in the House of Representatives election in 1969, he has been elected 14 times in a row, and has held important positions in the government and the Liberal Democratic Party, such as the Minister of Education and the Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party. I did.
After retiring from politics in 2012, I was appointed chairman of the Tokyo Organizing Committee in January 2014, preparing for the event.