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© Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.Tokyo Olympic committee to pick Mori replacement; is a woman likely?
By STEPHEN WADE TOKYO©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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Cricky
Anybody who will take the job is an idiot, it's a lost cause. Years of dubious money machinations a global virus. You'd have to be delusional to think attaching your name to this will benifit you in any way. I suggest Abe San he wanted it he should own it.
kyushubill
I nominate Sora Aoi.
Ricky Sanchez
We need to make one thing clear...Mori was NOT forced to step down...He made the choice. The old heads supported this man until the bitter end.
AzabuSamurai
Identity politics is creeping into Japan via the Olympics. How about just pick the best person for the job or is that out of touch thinking?
ADK99
I'm told that one of the issues with Seiko Hashimoto is that the position is supposed to be filled by someone who is not a current politician. Given that this is at best a 6-month position, and at worst a 2-month position with the main duty being to announce the cancellation, one can imagine it would be a tough sell.
Pukey2
No, no and NO!!!!
I was watching this and they had the lucky gold medal winner in figure skating, Arakawa - God I hope she's not in the running. Every time she appears on TV it's as if she's promoting some brand of shampoo - she just doesn't move her head in case it wrecks her hairstyle.
Bernard Marx
She'd still be better than Mori.
borscht
Azabu,
The best person (according to the Old Boys’ Network) was chosen when they chose Mori. Then he embarrassed Japan, again. How was he the best? Look at all the money he got his friends’ companies.
Bart Fargo
Good luck ever ending a meeting if that happens.
TARA TAN KITAOKA
No one is needed. There will be no Olympics because we need to save lives.
itsonlyrocknroll
The role does not require the applicant/candidate CV to specify how many times they stood on the podium to receive a medal.
How fast they can run, how high they can jump, or the distance they can throw something heavy.
In fact, the gender of the candidate is irrelevant.
From a cost preceptive, the next president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee will need to hit the ground running, having a proven experience in scheduling cost management skills.
To identify/indicate the necessary roles, tasks, and responsibilities needed to achieve a Olympic Games in the middle of a pandemic,
None of the people above are remotely capable of leading such a project, deciding what tasks are dependent on others.
The cost are spiraling out of control, in the midst of an incoherent vaccination program.
justasking
The best person is the one who can make decisions without getting pressured by the hidden dinosaurs in the IOC/JOC circle.
M3M3M3
It's like being promoted to captain of the Titanic after it's hit the iceberg. No thanks.
factchecker
Yes, purely as a face saving exercise. The usual codgers will still be calling the shots behind the scenes.
noriahojanen
It's already teased that the selection process is like Old Maid where the joker comes to stay at the real loser.
Whoever is picked to assume the position, the job is tougher than honored.
kohakuebisu
Seiko Hashimoto is in the Hosoda faction, the largest in the LDP. The former leader was....Yoshiro Mori.
Bjorn Tomention
A woman right now then its a clear indication they are simply virtue signalling , Pick the best person for the job regardless ! Why do they even mention it might be a woman ...................yeah thought so !
Derek Grebe
That sounds like an LDP strategy:
1) Give a young sportswoman the job - you know, someone who has genuine passion for sport;
2) Task her with announcing the cancellation;
3) Well, you know, we tried a young woman last time, and she cancelled it, so this time we need to give an 83-year-old LDP dinosaur a chance - HE has a record of getting things done (in 1976).
Genius.
rgcivilian1
I nominate former PM Abe. He has the experience and connections hence this job is a short gig and not in the official capacity call of duty as PM.
kaimycahl
WOW, LADIES PLEASE DON'T TAKE IT!!! If the Olympics become a failure at Japans cost in a male dominated society they will blame it on a women if she is selected. Now all of a sudden they want to possibly select a women.
Pukey2
Wasn't dressing up as Mario embarrassing enough?
Nadège
Without a woman, the olympic won't be safe. Your creation are unbalanced. Only a woman will feel the gaps left by Mori.
The world evolve and japan is out of date because of his extreme right believes on women.
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sf2k
Just elevate one of the VP's. Probably have half a dozen of those
Don't see why anyone new would take the role regardless of gender when they know it will be cancelled