Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said she has not encountered any ghosts at the official residence, but recently found herself unable to kill a cockroach that appeared there. She linked her hesitation to ideas about reincarnation that have stayed with her since childhood.
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She recounted the episode on X while answering a question she said she often receives about whether she has encountered ghosts at the residence. “I’ve never encountered a ghost, but until recently, I was the one screaming when I came across cockroaches,” she wrote.
