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Japan’s former PM, 83-year-old Aso, piles insults on female foreign minister
(www.theguardian.com)
He sound like a real aso.
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Add him to the death note. That was a documentary right?
I’ve not seen that documentary yet. But I’ll search it up.
Release the homemade gun guy, he has another job to do
Old Japanese man says something incredibly sexist. In other news it rains water. More at 11
If he really said "she's not that good looking," he's a total disgrace as a human being. What in the fuck does that have to do with her doing the job she was elected to do?? And does he think he's great looking and therefore deserves praise?? What a shithead.
I'm shocked that this is still news as often as he seems to speak without thinking
"without thinking"
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That's exactly what you'd expect from a 83 years old right-wing mummy. I bet the outrage there (Japan) is much smaller than in the rest of the world
This is the best summary I could come up with:
“She’s not that good looking,” Taro Aso, who has a long history of inappropriate remarks, said of Yoko Kamikawa during a recent speech, before awkwardly praising her abilities as a politician.
“I’m aware that there are many different opinions, and I appreciate any and all feedback,” she told reporters, adding that continuing her work as Japan’s most senior diplomat was the most appropriate response to Aso.
Opposition politicians were critical of Aso, who has held senior positions in LDP administrations since serving as prime minister for less than a year before the party was voted out of office in 2009 for first time in more than half a century.
Kaku Sechiyama, a professor of gender studies at the University of Tokyo, told the Asahi: “I understand [Aso] appreciates Kamikawa, but if he were talking about a male foreign minister, he would never mention his appearance.
He has insulted elderly people, blue-eyed diplomats, Alzheimer’s patients and women who choose not to have children, and has expressed admiration for the Nazis, describing Adolf Hitler as “having the right motives”.
Japan performs badly in international comparisons of female political representation, ranking 165th out of 190 countries, with women comprising just 10.3% of lower house MPs, according to the Inter-Parliamentary Union.
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