On Monday, about a month after the comments were aired, Albanese pushed back against suggestions his remarks were a crude joke about her anatomy. 'This assertion is wrong.' But Shingo Yamagami, Japan's former ambassador to Australia, said the interview had undermined the Prime Minister's reputation in Japan. According to Yamagami, Takaichi is no stranger to derogatory remarks about her body and gender from China and her political opponents, 'the last thing she expected was to be so casually mocked by the trusted leader of Japan's special strategic partner'. #australia #politics #japan #fyp #albo