Abe rejects Diet calls for Yanagisawa's resignation

Abe rejects Diet calls for Yanagisawa's resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe rejects an opposition demand for welfare minister Hakuo Yanagisawa's resignation over his controversial remarks about women at a House of Representatives Budget Committee session on Feb. 7.

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