Hakuo Yanagisawa
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Hakuo Yanagisawa (柳澤伯夫 Yanagisawa Hakuo?, August 18, 1935 in Fukuroi, Shizuoka) is a Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare in Japan (2006 - ).
He drew criticism for describing women as birth-giving machines and a baby making devices in a speech on the falling birthrate in January 2007, as the Government announced a council to craft strategies against low birth rate. [1][2] He said later "it was extremely sound to have more than two children". [3]
[edit] Career
He is from the city of Fukuroi in Shizuoka prefecture. He has turned from being a bureaucrat of the Ministry of Finance to the political world and has successively held the positions of House of Representatives Education Chairman, Director General of the National Land Agency, Chairman of the Financial Reconstruction Commission, and State Minister in Charge of Financial Affairs. He is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party, belonging specifically to the Kōchikai (Koga faction).
[edit] References
- ^ The Guardian: Japanese minister wants 'birth-giving machines', aka women, to have more babies (Justin McCurry in Tokyo dated January 29, 2007)
- ^ BBC News: Japan women called child machines (27 January 2007, 22:48 GMT)
- ^ Japan Times: Yanagisawa apologizes anew, adds gaffe(8 Feburary 2007)
