LDP upper house caucus calls for Yanagisawa's resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Welfare minister Hakuo Yanagisawa (fore) offers his apology in the House of Councillors on Jan. 31 for his comments comparing women to ''birth-giving machines'' as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (upper right) and Foreign Minister Taro Aso (L) listen. The Liberal Democratic Party's upper house caucus urged the ruling bloc's leadership to ask for his resignation.

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