Hakuo Yanagisawa

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Hakuo Yanagisawa is the Health, Labor and Welfare Minister of Japan. As is true of some other members of the cabinet he suffers from "foot in mouth disease." On January 27, 2007 speech Yanagisawa described Japanese women as birth-giving machines: "The number of women between the ages of 15 and 50 is fixed. The number of birth-giving machines (and) devices is fixed, so all we can ask is that they do their best per head." Source: Carol Friere. "Japan's Health Minister Draws Criticism." Associated Press. January 28, 2007. News ReportExpressions of demographic anxiety are often heard from conservative and nationalist politicians in advanced industrial democracies and from nationalist leaders in fascist dictatorships.