A message posted this week on the social network X by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, in which she boasts of sleeping “between 0 and 3 hours” a night, has sparked intense controversy in Japan. The debate raises the question as to whether such excessive work zeal and extreme devotion to wakefulness sets a bad example for the public. For some, however, it is more of a smokescreen to mask Takaichi’s low popularity ratings and, also, the scandal of an alleged smear campaign against her internal rivals in the race for the party presidency.

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