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Japan's Prime Minister Moves Into "Haunted" Official Residence
Sanae Takaichi moved into the prime minister's historic residence after criticism of her 35-minute commute following a December earthquake.
- On Monday, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi moved into the stone-and-brick Prime Minister's Official Residence adjoining her offices, more than two months after taking office to improve crisis readiness.
- Facing criticism about her commute, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi had stayed in the House of Representatives members' dormitory in Akasaka, Tokyo, about 400 meters from the Prime Minister's Office requiring travel by car.
- Two trucks carried her belongings from the dormitory in the afternoon, and Takaichi inspected the residence in November to confirm wheelchair accessibility for her husband Taku Yamamoto.
- The move also carries symbolic weight because the Prime Minister's Official Residence is reputedly haunted by Japanese soldiers' ghosts and was the site of two violent attempted coups, still bearing at least one bullet hole.
- The residence's architecture may also matter, since its Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired design might affect how Sanae Takaichi, Prime Minister, rests while she spoke at the Prime Minister's Office on Dec. 26.
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Sanae Takaichi moved into an official residence that was the scene of violence in the 1930s. Since then, ghosts would haunt the place, report Japanese media La Première
·France
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Takaichi Moves into Official Residence of the Prime Minister; Leaves House of Representatives Members’ Dormitory after Two Months in Office
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi moved from the House of Representatives members’ dormitory in Akasaka, Tokyo, to the Prime Minister’s Official Residence on Monday, two months after taking office, in a move intended to make her more prepared to fully manage any crisis that might arise.
·Japan
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Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi could have dreams now, after he moved to his office's official residence, where he says he's blancing soldiers' ghosts over the past century, transmits AFP marches.
·Bucharest, Romania
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Ghosts of Japanese soldiers : Japan PM Takaichi moves into 'haunted' official residence
·Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
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