Re-elected this Monday, November 11, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba was caught sleeping in the middle of a parliamentary session, causing a heated controversy in Japan.
A behavior that is making people talk in the land of the rising sun. This Monday, November 11, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba found himself at the heart of a controversy after being caught taking a nap during a vote in the Japanese Parliament.
During Monday's parliamentary vote, Shigeru Ishiba was re-elected as Prime Minister. But while the elected officials were debating, the cameras spotted the Prime Minister with a sleepy posture, his eyes closed and his head down.
This position has earned him numerous criticisms on social networks, but according to a government spokesperson, this fatigue is justified.
Fatigue linked to cold medicine
“The prime minister has been extremely busy working late into the night, and I understand he had a cold today and was taking cold medicine,” the cabinet secretary said.
For his part, opposition leader Nobuyuki Baba said that although his rival was tired, his actions were “inappropriate”.
“We were in the process of having an election for the head of one of the three branches of government, and so I think it would be inappropriate to sit back during such an election,” he said.
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