Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has revealed she became attached to a cockroach while working long hours alone at her official residence. Here's why she refused to kill it.

Japan's Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, has shared one of the most unexpected stories you'll read today, admitting she became so lonely while working late nights that she ended up feeling attached to a cockroach living inside her official residence.Yes, a cockroach.

The 65-year-old leader, who became Japan's first female prime minister, opened up about the experience in a series of posts on X (formerly Twitter), where she addressed questions about life inside the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo.

Many people had jokingly asked whether she had encountered the ghosts the residence is rumoured to have.