William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of "Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades."
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Yoshiro Mori's history of sexist remarks boggles the modern mind
Yoshiro Mori speaks at a news conference on Feb. 4: his refusal to resign is par for the course in male-dominated Tokyo politics. © Reuters
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