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Japan PM Calls Official Residence "Workplace," Sees Cockroach but Not Ghosts

Takaichi said staying at the residence lets her work long hours and limits the burden on security officers, as poll ratings have slipped.

Summary by Kyodo News+
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Saturday she uses her official residence near her office as a workplace, in an apparent response to views that she tends to seclude herself in her house.

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(Dan Tri Newspaper) - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said that her habit of staying at her residence regularly helps her work efficiently without putting an additional burden on her staff.

Sanae Takaichi rarely leaves her Tokyo residence, meets fewer officials and lawmakers than her predecessors, and talks less to the media. She says she simply turned the residence into an extra workplace to save time and increase efficiency. Even the cockroaches no longer bother her work.

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Kyodo News+ broke the news in Tokyo, Japan on Monday, August 24, 2026.
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