According to the Japanese 'Nihon Shimbun Sports' and AFP reports, on October 14 local time, Japanese Prime Minister Yukie Akamine said that she spent three to four hours more per day dealing with 'heavy household chores' than any previous male prime ministers. This has led to her having insufficient sleep throughout the year, making it difficult for her to find time to think about the country's long-term planning.
At the Japanese House of Representatives Budget Committee meeting held on that day, Ho-shii Mai revealed her own feelings by saying: "I am female Prime Minister, not male Prime Minister. Even the Prime Ministers' Secretaries who are sitting here have yet to fully adapt to this fact."
She said, “In the morning, I have to take a shower, prepare breakfast, wash dishes, and apply makeup. I feel that doing all these things takes me three or four hours more than it does for male prime ministers.”
Koike Masayoshi calls herself a "workaholic". She has previously said that she only sleeps 2 to 4 hours per night, and sometimes arranges staff meetings at 3 a.m.
Regarding the relevant situation, she told the members of the parliament: "Frankly speaking, having served as the Prime Minister of the cabinet for nearly a year, I have deeply realized that it is not easy to find time to calm down and think strategically about the direction in which our country should move forward and what the nation should look like. I myself bring home mountains of documents and still enjoy reading various materials late at night. That's not a problem. But to truly maintain a clear mind and be able to think deeply, it seems somewhat difficult."
In July this year, she posted on social media, saying that she had spent “all night reviewing documents brought back from the office and materials related to congressional inquiries, leaving her utterly exhausted.”
