Overview
- Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi relocated to the official residence on Dec. 29, according to Kyodo News.
- Since taking office in October, she had commuted by car from the Diet members’ dormitory in Tokyo’s Akasaka district.
- Sources close to the prime minister say a heavy early schedule of diplomacy and parliamentary business postponed the move.
- Opposition leader Yoshihiko Noda criticized her after she reached the office about 35 minutes after the Dec. 8 quake.
- Officials attributed that delay to her official car not arriving, and her timing to move in aligns with recent predecessors such as Fumio Kishida and Shigeru Ishiba.