Women “would have their uteruses removed when they turn over 30,” Naoki Hyakuta, leader of the Conservative Party of Japan, said in a stream on his YouTube channel on Friday.
On the channel, he also said that he would make it law for “women who are single after 25 years old not to be allowed to marry.”
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Later, Hyakuta posted an apology on his X account. “I cannot deny that the expressions were too harsh,” he said. “I apologize for those who were offended.”
‘I’m sorry you’re offended by my abhorrent opinions’
Notice he’s not actually apologizing. At all. He’s just sorry he’s catching flak about it
I’m sorry you think I need to apologize
Is this true, have you read it in the original japanese? Because this nuance can get lost in translation.
That’s true, possibly. I’d hope that whoever translated it would phrase it to preserve the original intent but that’s assuming it was actually a person doing it. Wild times we live in