Finance Minister Taro Aso sparked criticism for blaming childless couples for exacerbating Japan’s social security woes and saying that companies struggling under Abenomics are either unlucky or run by incompetent managers.
2014 CHOICE: Aso points finger at people without children, incompetent executives
Finance Minister Taro Aso praises Abenomics in a speech in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, on Dec. 6. (Hidehito Matsumoto)
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