Japan PM calls official residence "workplace," sees cockroach but not ghosts

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.In a series of posts on X, Takaichi also said she has not seen ghosts inside the residence, which is often rumored to be haunted, but that she has encountered a cockroach despite doing the household work herself.Takaichi, who became prime minister last October, moved into the residence located next to the prime minister's office in late December."I've created an environment to work both at the off…READ FULL ARTICLE