Japan PM vows to tackle discrimination in rebuke of LDP lawmaker

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has promised to address discrimination against ethnic and sexual minorities whose human rights have been abused in recent years in an apparent admonishment of an outspoken lawmaker within his Liberal Democratic Party."As prime minister, I will decisively tackle unjustifiable discrimination and prejudice," Kishida said, without mentioning concrete steps, in a video message released during an online symposium earlier this month.In 2022, Mio Sugita, a House of Councillors member of the ruling party, was replaced by Kishida as a parliamentary vice minister …READ FULL ARTICLE