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© 2021 AFPYoshiro Mori: Gaffe-prone Tokyo 2020 chief and former Japan PM
By Kyoko HASEGAWA TOKYO©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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dagon
In many of the capitalist democracies of the world, there seems to be a phenomenon where borderline cretins born to privlege like Mori rise to the top and their lack of talent and ability bring them lives of ease,wealth and high position.
dan
@dagon spot on!!Cretin is the correct word !
Aly Rustom
Lets take a look shall we?
And women have difficulty speaking concisely??
Who's the one embarrassing themselves??
Hope so.
NOMINATION
"Gaffe" means unintentional and brings embarrassment to the one who says it. Nothing Mori says is unintentional and he could care less what people think.
dbsaiya
Unfortunately, to generalize, he reflects the basic mentality of most of the old geezers who run the country. It's no wonder Japan finds itself in this current crisis with the LDP having deer in the headlights syndrome.
freelancegirl
He's elderly, has had recent health problems and was STILL reluctant to wear a mask???
I don't believe he's sorry for his comments regarding women. I believe he's sorry his comments gained so much media attention.
Unfortunately flying monkeys will ensure his position remains secure.
itsonlyrocknroll
After perusing this AFP Kyoko Hasegawa article.
It just beggar’s belief the reasoning for deeming Yoshiro Mori a suitable choice, or momentary appropriate to be awarded a role as the prestigious Head of the Tokyo Olympic committee responsible for the organization of a multi-billion-dollar sports festival.
Call the flipping nurse, put the white coats on standby-by, Japan and Tokyo jaded tax payers are being force-fed a lesson in absurdity boarding on the outright deranged.
Mori is an outright public relations disaster zone.
Please, name and shame the committee/panel that is responsible for Mori appointment
dagon
I am suggesting that in countries where crony capitalism reigns, unlike in social democracies like New Zealand and Denmark for example, you get a larger percentage of borderline cretins like Mori at the top.
SandyBeachHeaven
I find his facial expressions interesting to look at when he talks. Shimura Ken could have made Mori a star.
elephant200
This is a disaster of an event's promotion!
Richard Gallagher
He's not gaffe prone. He is professing deeply held sentiments. He's a scion of wealth and entitlement expressing the views of his class - which are autocratic & paternalistic and misogynist. He also reflects a base corruption as indicated by the shenanigans associated with obtaining the games and money being laundered through southeast Asia, that were essentially payoffs & bribes.
rainyday
I really hate the use of the word "gaffe" to describe the controversial things that he - and many other mostly LDP politicians - says.
"Gaffe" implies that he accidentally said something he didn't really intend to say. This is not the case. In ever bloody one of these comments the words that come out of his mouth are exactly what he intended to say.
The headline should not say that he is "gaffe prone", it should say that he is a sexist old man who says things which accurately reflect the fact that he is a sexist old man.
Pukey2
He just doesn't look as if he's got long, to be honest.
TheReds
One of the dumbest PMs in JP history.
u_s__reamer
Mori has always been "gaffer-gold" which just comes with the above-the-cloud territory of an incorrigible LDP "Untouchable" with the hide of a rhino.
BertieWooster
Gaffes?
These are not accidental statements!
Mori is a bigot who doesn't belong anywhere near politics. Who is he supposed to represent?
bo
It's his opinion and he's welcome to have one, as we all are
mmwkdw
Understanding Mori... Self-centered & lack of "Modern" day empathy fakeness (as most is in reality).
He's the perfect scapegoat for scrapping the Olympics this year in Japan, and whilst doing so, escalating the call for a boycott of the Chinese Winter Olympics over the treatment of their internal Muslim community & the Hong Kong situation.