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Two hours a night: Japan PM’s sleep schedule prompts concerns about work-life balance

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Two hours a night: Japan PM’s sleep schedule prompts concerns about work-life balance

www.theguardian.com /world/2025/nov/14/japan-pm-two-hours-sleep-schedule-sanae-takaichi

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Sleep deprivation is like being drunk. You make terrible decisions, and operate on a small percentage of your potential.
Like being drunk, your brain compensates and you are not aware of being a dumb-dumb with the decision making capability of a 5 year old.
This behaviour is not surprising, then.
- It's surprising to me how much rougher my gear changes are when I haven't had enough sleep. I feel just as awake, I'm just bad at it.
  
  At least you perceive that happening. With a lot of other stuff the feedback isn’t as tangible!
Pointing to the bags beneath her eyes, Takaichi told MPs that she survives on minimal sleep – a habit she shares with her political hero Margaret Thatcher – after being asked how she would tackle Japan’s notoriously long working hours.
- Margaret Thatcher being your hero tells me everything I need to know about you. I feel bad for the Japanese populace.
  
  She platformed on this, they willingly voted for it.
  
  The world would be so much better with women in charge.
  The women in charge we end up with :
  (nb : I'm not saying women are incapable of power, just that assuming women would be great leaders is a stupid idea. There are examples of great/not horrid female leaders like Jacinda Ardern, but thatcher, this woman, Kirchner, theresa may, the lettuce woman are all terrible)
  
  My thoughts exactly.
- “I suffer/ed so you must suffer…”
- Nice "hero"
- IIRC Thatcher claimed to sleep for four hours, and she only did that because she thought it was necessary to be able to do the job properly. The job of, you know, running a country.
  Sleeping for two, and then expecting a regular salaryman / career woman to get on the same level and then do that for a lifetime is an entirely new level of ludicrous.
my ass. i'm gonna have to bet she lives a much comfier life with a much comfier sleep schedule than she brags about.
- Maybe, but japan has a much different culture towards work and commitment than western countries. Burn out culture is very normal for the populace.
  Personally i somewhat believe the 2 hrs a night thing but i suspect there are naps throughout the day if thats the case. Id guess she gets 4-6 hrs broken up throughout the day.
- That or untreated bipolar
Breaking: A politician lied about working hard.
- This!

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