From february 3 to the resignation of Tokyo 2012, when she made discriminatory remarks against women, to February 11, when Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee President Yoshiro Mori resigned, it took only eight days. So how many days does it take for the Tokyo Organising Committee to find its next president? 6 days later, there is still no eyebrow.
The Tokyo Olympics were a tough one.
On the eve of his resignation, Yoshiro Mori, 83, selected a successor, 84-year-old Tokyo Olympic athlete Murashiro and former president of the Japan Football Association, Saburo Kawabuchi, and asked him to talk in secret and explain the "aftermath" to him. But it seems that the ironclad "heir to the elderly" plan was rejected by the Japanese government. From all indications, the Tokyo Olympics are likely to usher in a female leader, thus getting rid of the whirlpool of public opinion caused by Mori Yoshiro's discriminatory remarks against women, and improving the international impression that Japanese women are not high.
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > former chairman's hand-picked successor, who was out of office at the age of 84</h1>
The night before the official submission of his resignation to IOC President Bach, Yoshiro Mori summoned Saburo Kawabuchi, a Tokyo Olympic athlete and former president of the Japan Football Association, to take the helm of the Organizing Committee. Because his family strongly opposed it, Kawabuchi did not want to take over this "hot potato". However, under Mori's repeated instructions, Saburo Kawabuchi nodded in agreement.
The 84-year-old Saburo Kawabuchi (right) succeeds Yoshiro Mori (left), and such an elderly shift is ultimately impossible to achieve.
On the night of February 11, the Japanese media who heard the news poured into the doorway of Kawabuchi's home, and the well-informed "Godfather of Japanese professional football" also generously accepted group interviews from reporters and issued a speech similar to the administrative program in an informal tone, such as making it clear that "the empty game (of the Olympic Games) is simply nonsense, I am against it", and said that the core premise of hosting the Olympic Games this year is to prevent the new crown epidemic from worsening, "If the Olympic Games can be held at the current level of infection cases in Japan, it will be successful." Of course, it would be even better if the number of infections could be reduced. ”
No one expected that on February 12, the day of Mori's formal resignation, the Japanese government clearly expressed its opposition to Saburo Kawabuchi taking over as chairman of the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee. The Japanese media believe that there are two reasons: first, Kawabuchi has a certain number of contacts in the international football and basketball circles, but it is limited to this; second, the 84-year-old Kawabuchi Saburo is used to replace the 83-year-old Mori Yoshiro, such an aging employment is not conducive to Japan's external image.
Although there are still many Japanese people who support Kawabuchi, such as the famous Japanese mixed martial artist and TV celebrity Nobuhiko Takada, who said through social media that Kawabuchi is the most suitable person to replace Mori, "Now whether the tournament is held or cancelled, the chairman's work is super hard." No matter how he chose, I thought Kawabuchi was the best candidate because of his comprehensive strength. ”
Yuriko Koike (left), the head of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, has always had a bad relationship with Yoshiro Mori (right).
However, the position of the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee is very special, and Yoshiro Mori was appointed as the chairman of the board of directors that year, which was negotiated by the Japanese central government, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the Japanese Olympic Committee, and the new president will naturally not be an exception. Japan's central government has internally vetoed Saburo Kawabuchi, and Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, who has always had a bad relationship with Mori Yoshiro (because of past factional struggles within the Liberal Democratic Party), naturally does not strongly support his hand-picked successor. Three to two, Kawabuchi Saburo is doomed to be impossible to ascend to the throne.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > selection committee lists five criteria for candidates, starting with the exclusion of one popular candidate</h1>
Just on February 16, the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee formed the "(Chairman)Candidate Selection Committee" and held its first meeting. The committee is chaired by Fujio Mitsuneshi, Honorary Chairman of the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee and Chairman of Canon, and includes Yasuhiro Yamashita (63), President of the Japanese Olympic Committee, Hiroharu Murofushi (46), Director of the Sports Department of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, and former Olympic chainball champion Hiroharu Murofushi (46), two-time Olympic women's judo champion Tanimoto Bushi (39), and former women's gymnast Riki Tanaka (33).
Although Tanaka Riki has mediocre grades, she is a popular female player in the Japanese gymnastics world.
After the first meeting, the committee made it clear that it would narrow down the list of candidates by the end of the week, followed by a resolution to select the recommended candidates, and the committee also announced five conditions for the chairman candidate:
1. Have a deep understanding of the Olympic and Paralympic Games and sports events;
2. Be able to realize the ideals of the Olympic Charter and the Tokyo Olympic Games, such as gender equality, diversity and inclusion, and link them as a legacy of the future;
3. Must have international activity experience, international recognition and international vision;
4. Have an understanding of the history and preparation of the Tokyo Olympic Games;
5. Have organizational management ability and the ability to coordinate and reconcile all relevant aspects.
If measured by Saburo Kawabuchi, the latter three standards are absolutely fine, while the first and second are questionable – as a former leader of a Japanese sports organization, it is difficult for Kawabuchi to be considered to have a deep understanding of the Olympic and Paralympic Games; as for the second article, although Kawabuchi believes that Mori's statement is indeed "out of line", he has publicly expressed that he wants Mori to stay on the Olympic Organizing Committee as a similar adviser, which seems to be politically incorrect, and how to ensure gender equality?
Hiroji Murofushi meets all the conditions, but he is out.
In fact, there is one person who meets all five conditions in the "Candidate Selection Committee" - Hiroharu Murofushi, who has played in the Olympic chain ball competition four times and became the first Asian to win a gold medal in the Olympic athletics throwing event in Athens. As a mixed-race kid, Murofushi has deep connections in the international athletics community and the top echelons of the International Olympic Committee, and before he became the director of the sports hall last October, he was the sports director of the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee and was familiar with the competition. However, Hiroharu Murofushi has already served as a member of the selection committee, so it is almost impossible for him to become the chairman (most likely Murofu himself is unwilling), and if he becomes a referee, he cannot be an athlete, which is the iron law of the sports world.
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The message of "gender equality" appears in the five conditions, which is an attempt to undo the negative impact of Yoshiro Mori's remarks on Japan, and on the other hand, it also conveys some kind of signal that a woman is at the helm of the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee, and what better public relations tool than this?
Apparently, the Japanese media industry has also sniffed out the breath, and women occupy a stronger position in the list of candidates listed by several mainstream media. For example, in the special programs made by Fuji TV, The Japanese Cabinet Olympic Minister Seiko Hashimoto (56 years old), the Japanese Olympic Council Director Shikiko Otani (54 years old), the Princess Kenhito Takamoto Palace (67 years old), and the former Winter Olympic women's figure skating champion Araki Shizuka (39 years old) are all on the list.
Hashimoto Ishimoto is the longest-serving Olympic minister in Japan's cabinet.
Araki Shizuka is too young and has no experience in managing large organizations, so she can only play a running role; Princess Kenhito Takamoto Palace, Princess Hisako, although she has held honorary positions in the Japanese Olympic Committee and the Japan Football Association for many years, is not suitable for hard work in the japanese imperial family, and Hashimoto Seiko and Mikiko Kotani are undoubtedly the two most qualified candidates.
Since Saburo Kawabuchi was rejected, Hashimoto's son has been rumored to have been the hottest candidate for the position of chairman of the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee. The 56-year-old Hashimoto is the longest-serving minister of state in charge of the Tokyo Olympics, and she is a legendary athlete.
Hashimoto was Asia's top speed skater when he was young.
Hashimoto was born six days before the opening of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, and his name "Son" was taken from the Olympic flame. Born in Hokkaido, Seiko Hashimoto is Asia's top women's speed skater, competing in four Winter Olympics in Sarajevo in 1984, Calgary in 1988, Albertville in 1992 and Lillehammer in 1994, and won a bronze medal in speed skating in the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville; Three Summer Olympics in Atlanta in 1996. She was the first Japanese female athlete to compete in the Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics, and the japanese athlete who participated in the Olympic Games the most (7 times). Before retiring from the military, Hashimoto entered politics, was elected to the House of Councillors, and became The Olympic Minister in September 2019, entering the Cabinet for the first time; she has also served as a leader in sports organizations such as the Japan Olympic Committee, the Japan Ski Association, the Japan Shooting Association, and the Japan Hockey Association.
To make matters worse, Hashimoto also competed as a cyclist in three Summer Olympics
In terms of resume, Hashimoto's son was undoubtedly the perfect candidate, but according to several Japanese media reports, she herself refused to take the position. From the perspective of the Japanese government, Hashimoto's helm of the Olympic Organizing Committee will also aggravate the role played by the central government in the Tokyo Olympic Games, which is not conducive to "fighting" with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government led by another powerful woman, Yuriko Koike; on the other hand, Hashimoto's appointment to this position will also aggravate the political color of the Tokyo Olympic Games.
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At the opening ceremony of the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games, Shiko Kotani served as the flag bearer of the Japanese delegation.
As far as the current situation is concerned, Shikiko Otani is likely to become a "dark horse".
In terms of athletic achievements, Shiko Kotani is inferior to Hashimoto's Son. Born in 1966, Otani was The first generation of Japanese synchronized swimmers to win medals on the world stage, having competed in the 1988 Seoul and 1992 Barcelona Olympics, winning one bronze medal each in the single and doubles. Sweet-looking Kotani was very popular as an athlete, not only had a large number of fans, but also won the favor of many advertisers, she was also the flag bearer of the Japanese delegation at the opening ceremony of the Seoul Olympic Games, which was also the first female Olympic flag bearer in the history of the Japanese Olympic team.
In the athlete era, Shikiko Kotani took over many commercial endorsements.
Contrary to Hashimoto's entry into politics, Shiko Kotani has followed the non-governmental route of sports organizations all the way after retiring from the military, and has served as the spokesperson for the Nagano Winter Olympics, the spokesperson for the Japanese Olympic Committee, and the member of the International Olympic Committee. Kotani played an important role in the Olympic Bidding Committee when Nagano bid for the Winter Olympics; on November 25, 1997, she became the first civil person to attend the United Nations General Assembly, addressing the agenda of sports and peace, and proposing the "Olympic Ceasefire Resolution" calling for a ceasefire between the warring parties during the Nagano Winter Olympics, which was unanimously adopted.
Japan's two successful bids for the Olympic Games (Nagano and Tokyo) have been successful, and Otani has made great achievements.
When Tokyo bid for the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games, Shiko Kotani took on a heavy role and played an important role in the final stage of the bid. In 2016, the bid failed, and Shiko Kotani burst into tears on the spot, a scene that was transmitted back to China through live television, which made many Japanese people very distressed about this elegant professional woman.
After winning the right to host the 2020 Olympic Games, Kotani has been working in the management of the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee, and after Hiroharu Murofushi became the director of the Japan Sports Agency, she took over the position of Sports Director of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Organizing Committee. Whether it is during the athlete period or becoming a professional sports person after retiring from the army, Shiko Kotani's image in Japan is quite sunny, with almost no negative factors, and is also a typical representative of the modern "Yamato Fumiko".
Unlike the strong Hashimoto, Kotani is an elegant professional sportsman.
Tetsuo Suzuki, a veteran Japanese sports journalist, revealed that according to the information he had in his interview, "The name of Shiko Kotani has appeared at the top of the list of candidates." I've heard several executives in Tokyo mention it. I felt that Hashimoto and Kotani were competing for the chairmanship. "The most important thing now is that about 80 percent of people in Tokyo and across the country are against hosting the Olympics, and they want to put forward a chairman to make them think: 'If it's this person, then it might be good to host the Olympics.'" In that sense, I think Kotani is a good candidate. "#Japan##Tokyo##Tokyo Olympics# #疫情 #