Japanese politician apologises for remark about ‘women removing their uteruses after 30

Naoki Hyakuta, the leader of a minor Japanese opposition party apologised on Sunday for mentioning a hypothetical idea that women have their uteruses removed after turning 30 so they feel they have a “time limit” on childbirth. He seemed to suggest during a discussion on the country’s declining birth rate that this might make women choose to have children earlier. Above: Naoki Hyakuta