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Japan PM fires aid over same-sex couple comments

Updated on: 05 February,2023 08:47 AM IST  |  Tokyo
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In remarks reported by local media, Masayoshi Arai, an economy and trade official who joined Kishida's staff as a secretary in October, added he did not even want to look at same-sex couples

Japan PM fires aid over same-sex couple comments

Fumio Kishida

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Saturday fired an aide who said he wouldn't want to live next to lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender couples and warned that people would flee Japan if same-sex marriage was permitted. 


In remarks reported by local media, Masayoshi Arai, an economy and trade official who joined Kishida's staff as a secretary in October, added he did not even want to look at same-sex couples.


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“His comments are outrageous and completely incompatible with the administration’s policies,” Kishida said.Speaking to reporters later in the day, the Japanese leader said he had dismissed Arai, who had earlier apologised for “misleading” comments made on Friday.

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