The Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games will select candidates at the new "Candidate Review Committee" to replace Chairman Mori, who will resign, and prepare to hold a board meeting as early as next week to decide on a new chairman. Is proceeding.
Chairman Mori of the Organizing Committee of the Games resigned at an urgent meeting of directors and councilors held on the 12th, taking responsibility for women's disdain and self-remarks such as "a board with many women takes time". Expressed the idea to do.
In response to this, the Organizing Committee has set up a "Candidate Review Committee" consisting of approximately the same number of men and women, mainly athletes, from among the current directors, in order to ensure transparency and select successors. It was decided to install it.
The head of the review committee is Mr. Fujio Mitarai, Honorary Chairman of the Organizing Committee, who will select candidates and propose them to the Board of Directors, and a new chairman will be decided by the Board of Directors.
The meeting of the board of directors usually requires notification to the board of directors at least five days in advance, but this time the procedure for holding the board of directors urgently as stipulated in the articles of incorporation has already begun, so the board of directors will meet as early as next week. We are preparing to open a new president.
Regarding the candidate for the successor chairman, there are opinions among the directors calling for women and generational change.
The Organizing Committee will announce the members and selection process of the "Candidate Review Committee" to be established this time when the successor chairman is decided in consideration of the influence on the selection.