BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Japan minister rapped on womenJapan faces a population crisis because of its low birth rate Japan's prime minister has rebuked his health minister for a recent comment in which he referred to women as "birth-giving machines". Shinzo Abe said he regarded the remarks as "inappropriate" and that he had warned the minister to be more careful. In a speech, Hakuo Yanagisawa had called on women to do their best to counter Japan's fal
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