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schema:articleBody	Tokyo 2020 organisers said Wednesday they will meet this week to discuss sexist comments made by their embattled president, as a heavyweight sponsor said the remarks were contrary to the Olympic spirit. Tokyo's governor turned up the heat further, saying she plans to snub four-party talks expected to involve International Olympic Committee head Thomas Bach later this month in the wake of Yoshiro Mori's comments. The 83-year-old former Japanese prime minister is under fire for saying last week that women speak too much in meetings -- remarks that were branded "completely inappropriate" by the IOC on Tuesday. Tokyo 2020 said its council and executive board would meet Friday to "express their opinions" on Mori's remarks and discuss "future gender equality initiatives of the Tokyo 2020 organising committee". The announcement came as the head of Toyota, one of Tokyo 2020's top-level sponsors, chastised Mori, with company operating officer Jun Nagata saying the firm "couldn't stay silent" on the matter. "It's very regrettable that the comments made by the leader of the organising committee differ from the values that Toyota holds dear," Toyota president Akio Toyoda said in a statement read by Nagata. Meanwhile, Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike said she would not attend four-party talks scheduled for later this month, where local media speculated Mori's comments are expected to be discussed. "It's been reported that there will be a four-party meeting on the 17th, but at the moment I don't think a four-party meeting would deliver anything positive so I won't be attending," she told reporters, without offering further explanation. Koike, a rare woman in the top ranks of Japanese political echelons, has said she was left "speechless" by Mori's comments, though she has not publicly called for his resignation. Mori has apologised for the remarks, but declined to step down, and appeared to compound his gaffe by explaining he "doesn't speak to women much". The sexism row is yet another headache for Olympic organisers and officials already battling public disquiet over the prospect of holding the Games this summer as the pandemic continues to rage. amk/sah/jfx
schema:headline	Tokyo Olympic organisers to meet on sexist comments row
schema:mentions	Sexism Heavyweight D-Side 2009 flu pandemic Gender equality International Olympic Committee Silence Toyota Headache Akio Toyoda Snub Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Yuriko Koike Yoshirō Mori Thomas Bach Tokyo bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics
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