TOKYO: A Tokyo city lawmaker from Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling party admitted he had been responsible for a sexist taunt shouted at a young assemblywoman in a debate on motherhood.
In a case that has cast a harsh spotlight on the attitudes of many of the older men who occupy senior positions in Japanese public life, 51-year-old Akihiro Suzuki said he had yelled: “Why don’t you get married?” at the opposition assemblywoman.
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