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MIO SUGITA

Mio Sugita
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 17, 2023
LDP lawmaker Mio Sugita under fire again over Ainu comments
In September this year, the Sapporo Legal Affairs Bureau found that her blog post about the Ainu people in 2016 violated their human rights.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 27, 2022
Japan's reconstruction minister resigns following funding scandal
Kenya Akiba has admitted to having two political groups affiliated with him pay u00a514 million to his mother and his wife as “rent” between 2011 and 2020.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 26, 2022
Kishida to sack scandal-hit reconstruction minister, source says
The prime minister is expected to appoint Tatsuya Ito, who previously served as financial services minister, after Kenya Akiba steps down, the source said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 2, 2022
Japanese lawmaker retracts past remarks on LGBTQ and other minorities
The member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party had been facing fresh scrutiny for the comments she made several years ago.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 20, 2022
Damages awarded to symbol of Japan's #MeToo movement over defamatory tweet likes
The ruling by the Tokyo High Court marks the first time damages have been awarded over the liking of a defamatory post online, according to Shiori Ito's lawyer.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 13, 2020
Activists protest over Japanese lawmaker's skepticism of sex crime victims
The LDP refused to accept the petition submitted by organizers of the Flower Demo movement in protest over the comments by Mio Sugita.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Oct 10, 2020
Courts struggling to define what constitutes defamation in social media
Journalist Shiori Ito files rare libel lawsuit over use of the 'like' button on Twitter.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 2, 2020
LDP's Mio Sugita admits saying 'women lie' about sexual assaults
'I am sorry for offending people by giving the impression only women lie when lying is not restricted to a gender,' the Lower House ruling-party representative wrote.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Sep 25, 2020
Sugita denies saying 'women can tell lies' about sexual violence
After the gathering, the 53-year-old lawmaker denied making the remark, telling reporters, 'I didn't say such a thing.'
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 28, 2020
Heckling at Diet meeting may spur dual surname debate in Japan's LDP
The party's Fumio Kishida has said that “we should hold discussions as needed” on whether to allow married couples to continue using their respective surnames.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 15, 2019
LDP creates code of conduct for its lawmakers, in hope of preventing gaffes
Amid a spate of verbal flubs that have plagued the administration of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party has created a code of conduct for its lawmakers — warning them to watch their mouths to prevent blunders from affecting their political careers.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Feb 9, 2019
Heisei Era hindsight gives new meaning to established terms
The ubiquitous word "productivity" last summer acquired a new meaning — or at least a new twist. Members of the LGBT community, wrote Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Mio Sugita, "do not reproduce. In other words, they are unproductive. I wonder if it is appropriate to spend taxpayer money on them." So naked a linkage of reproduction to production, of birth to manufacturing, of an intimate private matter to the supposed services a citizen owes the state, clashed so jarringly with the temper of the times that Shincho 45, the magazine in which Sugita's musings appeared, surrendered to public outrage and ceased publication.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 10, 2019
Taro Aso's blaming of sexual harassment victim is voted 2018's most sexist remark by a Japanese politician
Finance Minister Taro Aso's apparent justification of sexual harassment committed by a former prominent bureaucrat topped a list of the most egregious sexist and discriminatory remarks made by Japanese politicians in 2018, according to a recent online survey.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Dec 29, 2018
Social media and online outlets led charge for change in 2018
A reflection of how the internet functioned in Japan in 2018 can be seen in a recent incident at Shinjuku Station.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language
Oct 1, 2018
Monthly mag Shincho 45 suspended over discriminatory speech targeting LGBT
Shinchosha Publishing Co. has decided to suspend publication of monthly magazine Shincho 45 in response to criticism it has received for using discriminatory language toward the LGBTQ community.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 26, 2018
'Outrageous prejudice': Publisher suspends publication of Shincho 45 following furor in LGBT community
Shinchosha Publishing announced its Shincho 45 magazine will effectively fold after carrying articles that its president said contained “outrageous prejudice” against the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Sep 22, 2018
Japanese publisher says stories in Shincho 45 magazine expressed 'aberrant prejudice' against LGBT community
The president of a publishing company has confirmed there were troublesome opinions expressed in articles that ran in a monthly magazine that supported a national lawmaker who called LGBT couples unproductive.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 5, 2018
LGBT politicians seek explanation from LDP Diet member Mio Sugita after controversial commentary about same-sex couples
Politicians and civil rights leaders from sexual minority communities on Wednesday demanded a Liberal Democratic Party Diet member thoroughly explain what she meant by saying LGBT couples are "unproductive," and thus unworthy of government assistance.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Aug 31, 2018
LGBT people seek apology from Sugita after LDP lawmaker called them 'unproductive'
Members of sexual minority groups on Friday demanded an apology from a ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker who claimed in a magazine article that the government should not support lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people because they cannot bear offspring and thus are "unproductive."
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 8, 2018
People unable to bear children blast lawmaker's article calling LGBT couples 'unproductive'
A group of people who can't have children due to disability or illness protested Tuesday over a recent article written by a Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker who said gay and lesbian couples are unproductive because they don't reproduce.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Yen swings stir talk that Japan is in the FX market once again
An electronic screen in Tokyo displays the yen exchange rate against the U.S. dollar and the graph showing its recent swings, on Thursday.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Japan's May 1 intervention may have cost ¥3.66 trillion, BOJ data suggests
An electronic screen displays a graph showing Japanese yen exchange rates surging against the dollar amid signs of intervention by authorities, in Tokyo on Thursday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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