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Despite Tokyo’s push for a 4-day week for better work-life balance, Japan’s prime minister boasts sleeping just ‘zero to three’ hours a night​

By Preston Fore
Success Reporter
July 23, 2026, 11:14 AM ET

Japan’s prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, wears her grueling view on work-life balance as a badge of honor—even as Tokyo fights overwork.Andy Rain/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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As workers push for better work-life balance and four-day workweeks, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is moving in the opposite direction. The 65-year-old leader set off a firestorm on social media when she shared her plans for Sea Day—a public holiday when many Japanese citizens head to the beach.