Japan's health minister has referred to women as "birth-giving machines" in a speech to a local political meeting.
☆ワシントンポスト紙も柳沢厚労相「女性は出産マシン」発言を報じた 米国の最有力紙であるワシントン・ポストが「Japan's health minister described women as "birth-giving machines"」と書いたことによって、Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Hakuo Yanagisawaは米国でも一挙に知名度が高まったことになる。
TOKYO: Japan's health minister drew criticism for describing women as "birth-giving machines" in a speech on the falling birthrate, as the government announced a council to craft strategies to tackle the country's shrinking population, news reports said Sunday.
"The number of women between the ages of 15 and 50 is fixed. The number of birth-giving machines (and) devices is fixed, so all we can ask is that they do their best per head," Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Hakuo Yanagisawa said in a speech Saturday, the Asahi and Mainichi newspapers reported.
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Cabinet Office officials could not be reached for comment Sunday.
Japan's health minister has referred to women as "birth-giving machines" in a speech to a local political meeting.
☆ワシントンポスト紙も柳沢厚労相「女性は出産マシン」発言を報じた 米国の最有力紙であるワシントン・ポストが「Japan's health minister described women as "birth-giving machines"」と書いたことによって、Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Hakuo Yanagisawaは米国でも一挙に知名度が高まったことになる。
TOKYO: Japan's health minister drew criticism for describing women as "birth-giving machines" in a speech on the falling birthrate, as the government announced a council to craft strategies to tackle the country's shrinking population, news reports said Sunday.
"The number of women between the ages of 15 and 50 is fixed. The number of birth-giving machines (and) devices is fixed, so all we can ask is that they do their best per head," Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Hakuo Yanagisawa said in a speech Saturday, the Asahi and Mainichi newspapers reported.
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Cabinet Office officials could not be reached for comment Sunday.