Concerns arise as Takaichi’s X posts not kept as records

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi during an Upper House committee session on Friday | JIJI

Jiji

Nov 15, 2026

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi makes active use of X, formerly Twitter, to communicate on behalf of the government.

The government says, however, that posts from her personal account are not administrative records under the public records and archives management law. No legal provision requires the posts to be preserved, and critics warn that they may not be available for later scrutiny.

From the launch of her administration in October last year through Oct. 12 this year, Takaichi posted 843 times on X. That is more than two posts a day on average, an unusually high rate compared with her predecessors.

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