Controversy over lawmaker's racial remarks

Controversy over lawmaker's racial remarks

Japan's Justice Minister Mitsuhide Iwaki attends a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in Tokyo on Feb. 18, 2016. Regarding controversial remarks by Kazuya Maruyama, a Diet member from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, over the ethnicity of U.S. President Barack Obama, Iwaki said it is necessary to create a society where human rights of each person are not violated. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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