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Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi Reveals She Felt 'Lonely' when Staff Exterminated Residence Cockroach

Takaichi said staff carried out the extermination after she spotted the insect, as reports said she has spent more than half her weekends at the residence.

  • Poll support for Sanae Takaichi, Japan's prime minister, dropped to 41pc last month, falling below 50pc for the first time since her election victory in February.
  • Bloomberg reports Takaichi has held fewer cabinet meetings than any Japanese leader since 2012, while critics cite her tendency to avoid parliament sessions and remain at her official Tokyo residence.
  • In recent social media posts, Takaichi discussed her life at the official Tokyo residence, describing her refusal to kill a cockroach because she believed it was "part of that long cycle of reincarnation."
  • When her staff removed the insect, Takaichi said she felt "relieved, but also a little lonely, or maybe sad," while maintaining a preference for working alone.
  • Takaichi, who calls Donald Trump an "extremely good friend," has boasted of surviving on minimal sleep since taking office as political turmoil continues following her short, intense tenure.
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Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi seemed unstoppable on platform X over the past few days: in ten days, she posted nearly forty messages, eleven of them in a single weekend. In this storm of messages, she defended her controversial economic policies, responded to accusations of online slander by her staff, and complained about her lonely existence as prime minister. With this, Takaichi appears to be trying to boost her image, now that her p…

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Prime Minister of Japan revealed that he had a less common friend during the long hours spent at work: a kitchen bug. Sanae Takaichi said that he felt "a little lonely after the insect was removed from his official residence. Article Prime Minister of Japan, shocking revelations about life at the top of power: "I am so lonely that I have become friends with a bug. It appears first on Romania TV.

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toyokeizai.net broke the news on Monday, August 24, 2026.
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