Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa on Sunday retracted her remark the previous day that was widely interpreted as questioning the worth of women who do not give birth, saying her choice of words was liable to cause misunderstanding.In a campaign speech Saturday in support of a Shizuoka gubernatorial election candidate, Kamikawa said she wondered "how can we women call ourselves women without birthing this person."In her retraction, Kamikawa told reporters that she merely meant to ask female voters to exercise their power to elect the candidate she supports just as she was "born" as a H…READ FULL ARTICLE
