Yesterday (Observer Network News) Yesterday (10th), the Japanese media "Weekly Bunchun" broke the news that a program group of Japan's Asahi Television Station had no cover and said suspected sexual harassment remarks to the Japanese table tennis star Ito Mimachi, which angered it. Afterwards, the head of tv asahi personally apologized and called the Japan Table Tennis Association to apologize.
Screenshot of the weekly Wenchun report
According to reports, the incident occurred on TV Asahi's "Masahiro Nakai's Sports!" Strive for headlines! Tokyo Olympic Medalists Collection Special! During the recording of the program. At that time, this special program hosted by Masahiro Nakai invited 17 Olympic medalists from Japan's table tennis, softball, gymnastics and other fields to participate. Ito was also invited, but she declined.
During the recording of the show, the host chatted with the male table tennis player Mizutani Hayabusa, who won the gold medal in the mixed doubles, and talked about his partner Ito Mimachi. At this time, suddenly, a member of the production team asked Hayabusa Mizutani to "call the Ito contestants." Hayabusa Mizutani felt no problem, so he asked his agent to take the phone and dial it.
The table tennis worker who broke the news to the weekly Bunchun recalled what happened afterwards: At that time, Ito Wasumasa was with the manager of the firm. She was a little confused, but she picked up the phone. On the other side of the phone, an emotional member of the show's production team mentioned the fact that Mizutani Hayabusa "did not wear panties" during the competition, and asked Ito how he felt when he was hugged at the moment when he won the mixed doubles gold medal with him, and other suspected sexual harassment questions. "Ito was forced to take the call she had turned down, and she seemed to have been greatly shocked by the speeches that were very vulgar for women."
On July 26, Mizutani Hayabusa and Ito Defeated Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen 4-3 to win the mixed doubles title at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games
It is reported that Ito's office was furious about this. The head of the TV Asahi program personally apologized immediately afterwards and apologized to the Japan Table Tennis Association by phone. After that, the show was able to air on August 15, but the scene of calling Ito Wasomasa was completely deleted.
In an interview with Weekly Bunchun, the public relations department of the Japan Table Tennis Association also confirmed that TV Asahi did call and apologize, saying that it "caused you trouble." However, the public relations department of TV Asahi responded: "We have not replied to the process of program production in the past. But we broadcast the show on the basis of understanding from all sides. ”
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