Japanese MP under fire for linking Obama to slaves
Date
2/18/2016 7:11:14 AM
(MENAFN- Asia Times) LDP lawmaker Kazuya Maruyama
Kazuya Maruyama a lawyer-turned-lawmaker in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling party apologized hours after making the remark at a parliamentary constitutional panel saying it was misleading.
Maruyama said Wednesday: 'Today America has a black person as President. A person who inherits black people's blood. Frankly speaking they were slaves.'
He said it would have been unthinkable in early American history and that is how dynamic American can transform.
Opposition lawmakers Thursday demanded Maruyama resign over the comment deemed insulting to Obama and possibly hurting Japan-U.S. ties.
The U.S. Embassy had no immediate comment.
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