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Biden to Japanese Women: 'Do Your Husbands Like You Working Full-Time?'

During a tour of the Japanese Internet company DeNA on Tuesday, Vice President Joe Biden asked a group of women if their "husbands like [them] working full time."

By Washington Free Beacon Staff·
Biden to Japanese Women: 'Do Your Husbands Like You Working Full-Time?'

Vice President Joe Biden continued to make inroads with the Japanese community Tuesday during a tour of Japan-based Internet company DeNA, asking its female employees if their "husbands like [them] working full time."

Biden met with the group of five young women in an attempt to highlight "the need to integrate more women in the workforce." The awkward exchange occurred after Biden asked the women if they were married – three of which were.