Suga’s Liberal Democratic Party, said it would “not be a problem” for Mr.
Toshihiro Nikai, secretary-general of Mr. Mori’s comments “absolutely inappropriate.” Mori’s remarks “against the national interest” but pointed to a statement from the International Olympic Committee that declared the issue “closed.” On Tuesday, the I.O.C. Yoshihide Suga, Japan’s current prime minister, called Mr. Since then, prominent political backers have lined up to say that Mr. Mori, a former prime minister, also shows how the country’s long-running ruling party has little incentive to stand up for women’s rights, managing to stay in power despite failing to meet its own targets for advancing women in politics and the workplace. Mori himself used in discussing his remarks. On social media, this generational divide has coalesced around the Japanese word “ rougai,” a term that connotes irritation at the intransigent behavior by the country’s legions of older people, and that Mr. His imperviousness to the firestorm over his sexist remarks appears to reflect the support of a Japanese power structure that is largely unaccountable to the public, works to preserve the old guard and freezes out the critical voices of younger people. Yet after making a brief apology, the Tokyo 2020 chairman, Yoshiro Mori, 83, remains the face of Japan’s effort to pull off the most important event on the international sports calendar. One of Japan’s most prominent Olympic hopefuls, Naomi Osaka, said his comments were “really ignorant.” Editorials in two of the country’s largest newspapers called for him to resign. TOKYO - In the days since the president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee ignited a fierce backlash by asserting that women talk too much in meetings, more than half of the Japanese public agreed in a poll that he was “not qualified” to lead.
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