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Japan PM Takaichi under pressure over gifts to MPs

Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi answers questions from Yuichiro Tamaki, head of the Democratic Party for the People, during a plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on February 25, 2026. [AFP]

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was under pressure Wednesday after it emerged she gave congratulatory gift catalogues to lawmakers from her ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) following its landslide election victory this month.

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