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| Video Discription | (27 Jun 2022) FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: 4386155 ASSOCIATED PRESS Makuhari, Chiba Prefecture, Japan - 27 June 2022 1. Yoshimi Yamashita, soccer referee, running during training HEADLINE: JAPAN'S TRAILBLAZING FEMALE REFEREE 2. Various of Yamashita training ANNOTATION: Yoshimi Yamashita is one of three women, among a pool of 36 referees, who were selected to officiate at the men's World Cup in Qatar in November. ANNOTATION: It's the first time a female will be in charge on soccer's largest stage. 3. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Yoshimi Yamashita, soccer referee: "As a referee, one of my big goals is to bring out the attractiveness of soccer. I do my best for that, and I will do what I should at that time toward that end. If I need to communicate with the players, I'll do that. If I need to show a card, I'll show a card. Rather than control, I'm thinking about what to do toward the big goal of bringing out the appeal of soccer." 4. Various of Yamashita training ANNOTATION: Yamashita's selection puts the focus on Japan's low ranking on most measures of equal pay for women, and in global studies of gender equality. 5. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Yoshimi Yamashita, soccer referee: "In Japan, there is still a long way to go, including in the world of soccer. It would be great if this could lead to promoting women's active participation in different ways, not only in soccer or in sports." 6. Yamashita running ANNOTATION: Joining Yamashita as head referee will be Stephanie Frappart of France and Salima Mukansanga of Rwanda. STORYLINE: Japanese referee Yoshimi Yamashita agrees with Pelé or whoever it was decades ago that first described soccer as the "beautiful game." Yamashita is one of three women picked by FIFA to be referees at the men's World Cup in Qatar, which opens on Nov. 21. It's the first time a woman will be in charge on soccer's largest stage. She sees her job this way: Let the game shine, as it should. "One of the big goals as a referee is to bring out the the attractiveness of soccer," she said Monday in an interview with the Associated Press in Tokyo. "I do my best for that, and I will do what I should at that time toward that end." Stephanie Frappart of France and Salima Mukansanga of Rwanda are the other women who were selected. There are 36 referees in total. FIFA has also named three female assistant referees in a pool of 69: Neuza Back of Brazil, Karen Diaz Medina of Mexico, and Kathryn Nesbitt of the United States. Though it's likely all three will be in charge of games, it's not a given. They would also be used as so-called "fourth referees" on the sidelines. However, they cannot be used as assistants. "Each match official will be carefully monitored in the next months with a final assessment on technical, physical and medical aspects to be made shortly before the World Cup," Massimo Busacca, FIFA's director of refereeing, said in a statement. Yamashita's selection puts the focus on Japan's low ranking on most measures of equal pay for women, and in global studies of gender equality. Only 14.3% of the seats in Japan's national legislature are held by women — 152nd of 190 countries in a study published several months ago by the U.S. Congressional Research Service. Another study on the gender pay gap placed Japan 120th of 156 countries. "I would be very happy if women could play an active role in sports in this way, and if sports and especially soccer could lead this," Yamashita said. Women's soccer has led the way in Japan. Japanese women won the 2011 women's World Cup, were runners-up in 2015, and have been been consistently among the game's elite teams. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/47bcea3275de445b93dea9f07d70e908 [ImE1J0l0Di0] |
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