Heckled woman lawmaker says Japan PM's good intentions not enough

TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese lawmaker whose sexist heckling by a male colleague has become a cause celebre in Japan said on Tuesday that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's promises to boost the role of working women were welcome, but not enough.

Measures to make it easier for women to work and raise children are a key plank of Abe's strategy, unveiled the same day, to boost long-term growth in the face of a rapidly ageing and shrinking population.