Japanese Prime Minister falls asleep while voting for his own re-election
Kyiv • UNN
Shigeru Ishiba dozed off during a parliamentary vote on his candidacy for the post of Prime Minister of Japan. The spokesman explained the incident by the effect of strong cold medicine.
A spokesman for the ministry explained that “it was just fatigue.
Writes UNN referring to SWI.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba apparently fell asleep during a parliamentary vote to re-elect him to the post. This circumstance was immediately captured on camera and became a topic of debate in Japanese social media.
Cabinet spokesperson Yoshimasa Hayashi explained the problem during a press conference.
It was a reaction caused by a cold medicine that may have been too strong, causing drowsiness
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Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba was re-elected on Monday after a parliamentary vote, but he will have to be content with a fragile hold on power.
Ishiba took office in early October after being elected head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). He quickly called snap elections, hoping to strengthen the party's mandate as leader of the government. But the elections brought the LDP its worst result since 2009.
Voters are unhappy with recurring inflation for more than two years, and they are also disappointed with the slush fund scandal that contributed to the downfall of Fumio Kishida, Ishiba's predecessor.
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