A former prime minister called her timing “crazy,” saying that during his tenure, they started at 6 or 7 a.m., not in the dead of night.

Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, held a grudge against the controversial Unification Church, which he believed had close ties to Shinzo Abe and other Japanese politicians.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi conducted meticulous reconnaissance activities just before the 1592 Imjin War, creating a detailed map of the Korean Peninsula that even the Joseon military was unaware of, marking even hidden paths.

Japan's newly minted prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, recently came under fire for a "3am study session" with close aides before a parliamentary appearance on Nov. 7. According to NHK World, she was preparing for her first Lower House budget committee meeting since taking office.

Sanae Takaichi drew criticism for requiring staff to work in the wee hours in a country scarred by “death from overwork.”

TOKYO — Japan’s parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister Tuesday, a day after her struggling party struck a coalition deal with a new partner expected to pull her governing bloc further to the right.

Japan ranks low in gender equality among developed nations. The first woman to lead the country is an ultraconservative who cites Margaret Thatcher as a role model. She also loves heavy metal.

China’s consul general Xue Jian in Osaka was the first to respond, reposting a news article about Ms Takaichi’s comments on social media with the caption, “cut off a dirty neck without a moment of hesitation”, which many understood as a threat to the Japanese prime minister.

Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae spent the early hours of Friday morning preparing for her first Lower House budget committee meeting since taking office.

Japan has warned its citizens in China to step up safety precautions and avoid crowded places, amid a deepening dispute between Asia's two largest economies over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's comments on Taiwan.