Health Minister Hakuo Yanagisawa takes a deep bow during a parliamentary budget committee in Tokyo
Health Minister Hakuo Yanagisawa takes a deep bow to apologise for his remarks, during a parliamentary budget committee in Tokyo February 7, 2007. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe apologised again in parliament for remarks by his health minister calling women "birth-giving machines", but reiterated that he wanted the beleaguered cabinet minister to remain in his post. REUTERS/Toshiyuki Aizawa (REUTERS)