Tokyo assembly member subjected to sexist heckles

TOKYO, Japan - Ayaka Shiomura, a Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly member, speaks with reporters in Tokyo on June 20, 2014, before submitting a written request to the assembly speaker asking him to take punitive measures over sexist remarks she was subjected to during an assembly session. Shiomura, a 35-year-old Your Party assembly member, was ridiculed during a session on June 18 while she was posing questions on maternity support measures. The hecklers said, "You should get married first," and, "Can't you have babies?"

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