THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
February 7, 2023 at 18:18 JST
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida apologizes Feb. 6 for a key aide’s anti-LGBTQ remarks. He issued the apology from the prime minister’s office. (Koichi Ueda)
Even as the prime minister offered an apology for discriminatory remarks against sexual minorities by a key aide he was forced to sack, Fumio Kishida was unable to quell a growing uproar in the LGBTQ community. [Read More]
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