In Japan the sexist and ageist speech of former prime minister Taro Aso is scandalizing (and rightly so).

It’s a growing controversy in Japan. The former prime minister and vice president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party Taro Aso he is accused of sexism, after making misogynistic comments about the foreign minister’s appearance and age Yoko Kamikawa.

According to him, Yoko Kamikawa, “ it’s not very nice “, he declared during an official speech. All this, before attempting to clumsily praise his ministerial skills: “ But she speaks with dignity, expresses herself correctly in English and makes appointments with the people she needs to see on her own, without the help of diplomats. » Taro Aso, 83 years old, also known as Kamikawa, 70 years old, “a obasan “. A word commonly used to refer to and denigrate rather older women.

Taro Aso already known for his misogyny

But that is not all. Taro Aso also got the politician’s surname wrong twice, calling her “Kamimura”. During the speech, he also incorrectly suggested that she was Japan’s first female foreign minister. However, she actually she is the third, after Makiko Tanaka AND Yoriko Kawaguchiappointed in the early 2000s.

For her part, Yoko Kamikawa ignored Aso’s comments: “ I realize there are many different opinions and I appreciate all comments “he told reporters. Although the former prime minister’s statements were widely commented on by his political opponents, journalists and Internet users, inviting him to resign.

Why Taro Aso, it’s not his first attempt at misogynistic remarks. In May 2018, when he was Finance Minister, he declared that “theThe crime of sexual harassment did not exist » after a senior official in his ministry was accused of sexually harassing a journalist. Aso had also hypothesized that this official had been” trap »from his victim…