Press Release - Tokyo 2020 Announces details of Tokyo 2020 NIPPON Festival 03/10/21
The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020)
unveiled the updated programme for the “Tokyo 2020 NIPPON Festival” in 2021; this has been revised in light of
the need for COVID-19 countermeasures and the simplified management of the Games. The Festival, an official
cultural programme of the Tokyo 2020 Games, will be held from April to September 2021. The revised content will
follow the original themes of the programme planned for 2020: “Participation and Interaction”, “Towards the
Realisation of an Inclusive Society” and “Reconstruction of the Tohoku Region”. In principle, the events will be
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Protests against sexual discrimination held in Japan on International Women s Day The Mainichi © The Mainichi Participants march on International Women s Day in Tokyo s Shibuya Ward on March 8, 2021. (Mainichi/Natsuki Nishi)
TOKYO Demonstrations calling for an end to sexual discrimination were held throughout Japan on March 8, International Women s Day, which aims to improve women s standing in society.
About 100 people marched in Tokyo s Shibuya Ward with placards while shouting protest chants like We refuse to know our place! and We don t tolerate discrimination against women.
Gender equality issues gained attention anew this year, as the pandemic has driven many women out of work and placed a greater burden on them from housework and childcare, while huge protest also erupted over sexist remarks by former Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games president Yoshiro Mori.
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Participants discuss gender inequality in the media sector at a symposium in Tokyo on Feb. 27. | COURTESY OF MIC / VIA KYODO
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After a public uproar over sexist remarks led to the resignation of the Tokyo Olympics chief in February, and prompted renewed calls for gender equality in Japan, the mass media industry is now facing questions over whether it can address an overwhelming dominance of male perspectives in its own structure and output.