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Tokyo Olympics Official Resigns After Calling Plus-Size Celebrity ‘Olympig’

Tokyo Olympics Official Resigns After Calling Plus-Size Celebrity ‘Olympig’

by admin | Mar 22, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW

It was few people’s idea of funny. For the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics, its creative director, Hiroshi Sasaki, envisioned a popular comedian and plus-size fashion designer, Naomi Watanabe, decked out in pig ears, tumbling from the sky as an Olympic...
An ‘Old Men’s Club’ Dominates Japan. The Young Just Put Them on Notice.

An ‘Old Men’s Club’ Dominates Japan. The Young Just Put Them on Notice.

by admin | Mar 1, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW

For a moment, it looked as if the most powerful people in Japan were three 20-something women. In a country where the young are taught to keep quiet and defer to their elders, the trio of women decided to speak out after the president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing...
Olympic chief shake-up in Tokyo casts light on wider sexism in Japanese sport

Olympic chief shake-up in Tokyo casts light on wider sexism in Japanese sport

by admin | Feb 16, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW

Yoshiro Mori, the 83-year-old who headed the Tokyo 2020 Olympic organizing committee, announced his resignation on Friday after an uproar over remarks demeaning women, including saying that female colleagues talk too long at meetings. But the leadership change also...

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