"Hakata Women Are Beautiful, but the Men Are so-so" - Democratic Party for the People's Shinba in Speech: Asahi Shimbun

On the 26th, Kazuya Shiba, Secretary General of the Democratic Party for the People, said in a street speech in front of JR Hakata Station (Fukuoka City) that "Hakata women are pretty, and the men are okay." Afterwards, in an interview with the press, he said, "These days, it's important to be careful about (commenting on) people's appearances..."