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Japan’s PM Takaichi tells fellow politician she needs ‘more sleep’

SCMP Asia / Asia / 1m ago / Kyodo
Japan’s PM Takaichi tells fellow politician she needs ‘more sleep’

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Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi complained she was not getting enough sleep, a veteran politician who met her on Thursday said. The remark came as Takaichi’s premiership recently reached the six-month mark. After winning her ruling party’s leadership election in October, putting her on course to become Japan’s first female prime minister, she vowed to “work, work, work, work and work”, a phrase that became a c...

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Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi complained she was not getting enough sleep, a veteran politician who met her on Thursday said. The remark came as Takaichi’s premiership recently reached the six-month mark. After...

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