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[Adventurer]

Japan minister rapped on women

Japan faces a population crisis because of its low birth rate
Japan's prime minister has rebuked his health minister for a recent comment in which he referred to women as "birth-giving machines".
Shinzo Abe said he regarded the remarks as "inappropriate" and that he had warned the minister to be more careful.

In a speech, Hakuo Yanagisawa had called on women to do their best to counter Japan's falling birth rate.

He has since made a public apology for the gaffe, saying he realised he had offended both men and women.

Mr Yanagisawa had told a local political meeting "Because the number of birth-giving machines and devices is fixed, all we can ask for is for them to do their best per head."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6309405.stm

[Wrench]

Its called imigration... Get use to it.. All the other Industrialized countried had to do the same.

[thepeel]

Immigration won't help, and may make it worse. You are wrong that it is how Western nations will cope. We have been told that our immigration polices are to help the financial crunch, but it is a lie. We have wild immigration due to the cultural self-hate of the left.

Technology might be the only way to prevent real problems. Both the Japanese and Koreans are planning to use robots (Korea wants to have a robot in every home by 2013) to mitigate labor shortages.