Hashimoto Seiko, the name of the successor to the president of the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee, occupies the front page of today's major newspapers in Japan, causing heated discussion in all walks of life, and people have said that this position is "tailor-made" for her.
Why? One sentence summarizes her resume: she has participated in four Winter Olympic Games, three Summer Olympic Games, won Olympic medals, served as the head of the Japanese delegation to three Olympic Games, and has more than 20 years of experience as a member of parliament.
Understand politics, understand sports, the most critical storm caused by discrimination against women, choose a woman to go up, everything will be logical.
However, in the face of olive branches, Hashimoto voluntarily refused at the first time, because of her children, although her career was very hot
Two hours before giving birth to the first child, she is still at work, but as a mother, the key moment is often to think of the child, she and her two sons are not adults, she is worried that if she becomes the president of the Olympic Organizing Committee, the name will inevitably appear in the media headlines again, and the former "kiss" incident may be hyped again, so as to affect the growth of the child.
A brief popularization of the "Soba Kiss" incident: After the closing ceremony of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, Hashimoto Seiko, who was the head of the delegation at the celebration banquet, forcibly kissed the handsome man Takahashi Daisuke, which immediately caused an uproar. Fortunately, Hashimoto's son apologized afterwards, and Daisuke Takahashi also said that he was not offended, and the storm was quickly calmed.
Mori Yoshiro actually did not want Hashimoto to take office, and the relationship between Mori and Hashimoto is "father and mother" ("mother" means girl in Japanese), that is to say, they are as close as father and daughter, old iron.
It has been reported that Mori hopes that Hashimoto will develop in politics and that it is possible to impact the prime minister's throne in the future, so Mori Yoshiro resigned on the premise of the name, and Saburo Kawabuchi, who is known as the "godfather" of Japanese football, took over. Kawabuchi himself expressed his willingness to take up the post.
However, as soon as the news came out, public opinion was uproar, first of all, "How can a person who stepped down in an undignified manner be qualified to appoint a successor?" ”
Secondly, "Kawabuchi, 84 years old, is a year older than Yoshiro Mori, go down to an old man, come up to an older one."
Third, "Kawabuchi was originally a member of the Olympic Organizing Committee, and there were private transactions between you, and the Olympic Organizing Committee was opened by your family?" ”
Since Kawabuchi is not good and still needs to be selected openly, an eight-member committee will be set up to select, half men and half men. The big brother who took the lead is
The Honorary Chairman of the Organising Committee of the Olympic Games, Mitsuru Yoshitoshi Fujio.
That's right, he's 85 years old and president of Canon. The other seven include Japanese Olympic Committee President Yasuhiro Yamashita
And chain ball Olympic champion Hiroharu Murofushi, except for these two other people you have rarely heard of.
Counting and counting, except for Yamashita, the fame and seniority of others are not very good, and finally someone circled Yamashita Taiyu, who was a superstar who shook the world's soft altar in the 80s.
As soon as the wind sounded out, he was immediately labeled as a "black box operation": Yamashita is a member of the selection committee, who chooses his own?
In the end, only eight people could be nominated, except for Mr. Mitsuru, each committee member elected one or two people, one singing vote, and six of the seven people chose Hashimoto, which was the afternoon of the 17th, and Mitsubashi immediately called Hashimoto and said, "Give you a night to think."
Sure enough, Hashimoto's name was on the list again, and all the Headlines in the Japanese media, the storm about women, was finally quelled by a woman, and the whole country praised her from Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
IOC President Bach even called her the "perfect candidate," and the sponsors, torchbearers, and volunteers who were outraged by Yoshiro Mori's discriminatory remarks against women were also relieved, saying she was the most suitable candidate.
Of course, there are also objections, some people think that Hashimoto and Yoshiro Mori are too close, and some people have a grudge against her for "kissing" small fresh meat, but these voices are very weak in the current situation.
For the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee, compared to the various rumors that the Olympic Games may be cancelled under the epidemic, the change of coach is just a small episode, compared to Yoshiro Mori, who is not very reliable, Hashimoto's rise to power has made stakeholders feel much more secure, and the biggest test she is currently facing is to run the Olympic Games under the epidemic, considering her Olympic experience, and having served as the leader of a number of individual sports organizations in Japan, as well as the contacts she established during her tenure in the Japanese government. At least for those around the world who follow the Olympics, they have a little more confidence in the summer event.
Editor/Yingchuan Zhang