Former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori is in hot water over remarks he reportedly made last week insinuating that women who grow old without having children deserve no state aid.
During a panel discussion Thursday in Kagoshima, Mori reportedly said, "The argument that tax money should be used to help take care of women who don't even bear one child is strange."
The panel was discussing issues relating to Japan's declining birth rate.
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