Tokyo ward assemblyman to apologize over remarks against LGBT rights

A local politician of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party plans to make a formal apology and retract his remarks that disrespected the rights of sexual minorities, at a session of the Adachi Ward Assembly in Tokyo next week, the assembly's chairman said Monday.Masateru Shiraishi, 78, who has faced public backlash for his claims last month that blamed sexual minorities for Japan's falling number of births, will make an about-face on his stance after the top assemblyman of Adachi Ward urged him to apologize and rescind his comments publicly."I sincerely apologize again to those who were hurt …READ FULL ARTICLE