Lawmaker Mio Sugita of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party found herself embroiled in controversy when the August edition of Shincho 45 was released on July 18. "Support for LGBTs has gone too far" screamed the headline of her article in the magazine.
This hard-right politician is already infamous online for her claim that the wartime network of sexual slavery serving the Imperial Japanese Army, euphemistically known as the "comfort women" system, is a fabrication of the Japanese left, and for attacking Koreans with such gems as "They spread their lies throughout the world."
To mothers who lament the dearth of preschools available in Japan and demand that the central government take quick action to rectify the situation, she says: "That is your problem. You do something about it."