The JOC = Japanese Olympic Committee announced that Fumino Sugiyama, a former representative of Japan for fencing, whose mind and body do not match, was announced as a female director in this month's re-election of officers, which has significantly increased the number of female directors from the perspective of gender equality. I issued an apology saying, "I have spread a false sense of transgender."
The JOC re-elected its officers on the 25th of this month and appointed 30 directors, including Mr. Sugiyama, who has announced a transgender whose mind and body do not match.
The JOC has announced a policy to increase the number of female directors from the perspective of promoting gender equality, and announced 13 of the 30 directors, including Mr. Sugiyama, as female directors in the officer re-election held this month, aiming for the percentage of female directors. It appealed that it reached the level that exceeded the 40% that was supposed to be.
At the press conference at that time, there was a question about treating Mr. Sugiyama as a female director, and the JOC explained that "I treated him as a female director after confirming with him."
Regarding this, the JOC released a sentence on the 28th, "Regarding the treatment of gender in the selection of officers," and only confirmed with the recommended Japan Fencing Association about the reason why Mr. Sugiyama was made a female director. I apologized for not confirming it and corrected it.
On top of that, he said, "I would like to apologize to all the people concerned for not being able to accurately convey the thoughts and thoughts of Director Sugiyama himself, and as a result, spreading a false awareness of transgender."
On the other hand, in this sentence, he explained that the reason why the Fencing Association recommended it was "I unavoidably recommended it as a female frame because I wanted to aim for a better sport for diverse people", and too much emphasis was placed on the number of women. He acknowledged that there is a problem with the system that requested recommendations by establishing a frame for female directors, and expressed his intention to proceed with discussions in the future.
Japan Fencing Association "Discussed with him on various aspects"
A spokeswoman for the Federation of Japan Fencing, who recommended Fumino Sugiyama, a former representative of Japan for fencing, as a director of the JOC, said, "I recommended Mr. Sugiyama because he is the best candidate regardless of gender. I had a lot of discussions with him on various fronts. I'm not sure if I'm completely convinced or not, but I finally decided to recommend him as a woman. "
Fumino Sugiyama "I have never said" I'd like a woman "."
Fumino Sugiyama told her Twitter on the 27th, "I never said,'Please be a woman.' I wanted to be a man, but this time it is important to incorporate a perspective that is not limited to men and women. Therefore, I will leave the final decision so that the recommendation will not be influenced by gender. There may have been a discrepancy in the process of communicating with the Fencing Association → JOC → Chairman Yamashita. " ..
JOC Chairman Yamashita "I'm very sorry"
JOC Chairman Yasuhiro Yamashita told NHK on the afternoon of the 28th that he announced Fumino Sugiyama, a former representative of Japan for fencing, who does not have the same gender in mind and body as a female director. When I made a public announcement in, or consulted with the Japan Fencing Association, which was recommended as a director, there was a misunderstanding. It was a very delicate content, so I should have checked it more carefully, but Mr. Sugiyama I misunderstood what I had confirmed with him. I am very sorry to Mr. Sugiyama. "