The second meeting of the "Candidate Review Committee" established by the Tokyo Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games will be held on the 17th to select candidates to replace Chairman Mori who has announced his resignation.
At the meeting, it is possible that the committee will consider the five qualities required of the new president by giving specific names and narrow down the number of candidates to one.
Chairman Mori of the Games Organizing Committee has expressed his intention to resign on the 12th of this month, taking responsibility for his disdain for women and his own remarks.
The Organizing Committee has set up a "Candidate Review Committee" to ensure transparency and select candidates for a successor president, and a second meeting will be held on the 17th.
The first meeting on the 16th was held privately with the participation of four men and four members, in which the qualities required of the new president were discussed.
As a result, they have a deep knowledge of the Olympics and Paralympics and sports, and have the ability to coordinate people, organizational management abilities, and related parties who can realize the principles of the Olympic Charter and the Tokyo Games, such as gender equality, and connect them to the future. We have summarized five qualities such as having.
Some people concerned have said that the person who can get support by cooperating with the government and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government is the right person, and at the meeting on the 17th, consideration was given with a specific name and the number of candidates became one. It means that it may be narrowed down.
The Organizing Committee hopes to hold a board meeting as early as this week after discussions on the 17th to elect a new president.