Japan's lawmaker apologizes over remarks about President Obama

Japan's lawmaker apologizes over remarks about President Obama

Kazuya Maruyama, a Diet member of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 17, 2016, apologizing over his remarks, which touched on the ethnicity of U.S. President Barack Obama. Maruyama, a lawyer-turned-lawmaker, said during a session of the House of Councillors commission on the Constitution, "When the United States was founded, no one expected a black, or a slave, to become a president." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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