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Key words : olympic apologize many women
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210204_34/
Head of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics organizing committee and former prime minister Mori Yoshiro has apologized for controversial comments suggesting that women talk too much in meetings. But Mori says he has no intention of resigning.
Mori said, "What I have said was inappropriate and goes against the spirit of the Olympics and Paralympics. To that end, I deeply regret what I have done. And I want to retract my remark and I'll apologize to the people who were annoyed by what I said."
Mori's comment sparked a media firestorm... but, at the time, garnered little response from other members of the Japanese Olympic Committee.
The sports body has made it a goal to have 40 percent female members.
At a meeting Wednesday, Mori told his peers that having too many women on a board lengthens meetings because as soon as one talks, they all want to.
When word got out... many were outraged, prompting calls for Mori's resignation to go viral.
A woman said, "It was frustrating that he put it that way."
Another woman said, "Japan's Equal Employment Law should have improved the issues of gender inequality. It is totally wrong for the head of an organization to make such a remark."
The minister in charge of the Games spoke to Mori earlier Thursday --- at the urging of the Prime Minister.
Hashimoto Seiko said she told him he never should have made the remarks.
She went on to say that gender equality is enshrined in the Olympic charter - and must be protected.
News of Mori's apology reached the International Olympic Committee -- which told media it considers the issue "closed."
Key words : coup 70 lawmakers
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210205_04/
Protests are growing in Myanmar against Monday's coup despite the military's efforts to show that it is taking control of the country's institutions.
About 70 lawmakers from the National League for Democracy party led by Aung San Suu Kyi held a meeting in the capital Naypyitaw to demonstrate their resistance to the coup.
A civic group says protesters clashed with military personnel in the major city of Mandalay on Thursday, resulting in casualties.
Meanwhile, Myanmar's state-run TV reported on Thursday night that the military's commander-in-chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing met banking and other officials to seek their cooperation to stabilize the domestic economy and the people's lives.
The military also announced that it appointed new Supreme Court justices.
Khin Zaw Win, a local think-tank analyst who advised the Myanmar government, told NHK that the military engaged in negotiations with the Aung San Suu Kyi side in the two days before the coup.
He said the Aung San Suu Kyi side refused to hold an inquiry into the fraud the military alleged was committed during last year's general election.
The analyst said that after the refusal, the military directly told Aung San Suu Kyi that it would launch a coup. He added that several hours after the notification, Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint were detained.
The NLD on Wednesday released police documents that accused Aung San Suu Kyi of illegally importing communications equipment and using them without permission. Win Myint is charged with violating coronavirus restrictions by greeting election campaigners last September.
Khin Zaw Win said charges against the two leaders are evidently trumped up and that the military is clearly hoping to exclude them from the next general election.
Key words : united nations vaccine
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210204_09/
A United Nations-backed facility says it has reached an agreement with India's Serum Institute to supply 1.1 billion doses of coronavirus vaccines.
A total of 190 countries and territories are taking part in the COVAX Facility. The World Health Organization, UNICEF and other international bodies run the framework aimed at ensuring fair distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.
UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore announced on Wednesday a long-term supply deal with Serum Institute of India for 1.1 billion doses of vaccines developed by AstraZeneca and Novavax.
The company has signed contracts with AstraZeneca and Novavax for the mass production of their vaccines.
COVAX aims to provide some two billion doses of vaccines worldwide by the end of the year, with priority on health workers and the elderly.
It plans to start distributing vaccines to 145 countries and territories, mostly developing nations, in the first half of this year.
Key words : fewer coronavirus patient hospital bed under the verge of collapse
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