Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso on Tuesday repeated a comment that appeared to downplay an incident of alleged sexual harassment by his ministry's top bureaucrat after already sparking protest demonstrations in a number of Japanese cities the day before."There is no such thing as a sexual harassment charge," the 77-year-old former prime minister said at a regular press conference, the same remark he made on Friday during a trip to Manila.The comment, which appeared to make light of the claims that then-Vice Finance Minister Junichi Fukuda had repeatedly made sexually suggestive comments …READ FULL ARTICLE
