TOKYO, Nov. 8 -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi plans to cut the salaries of her Cabinet members and her own, as part of efforts to show her government's commitment to reform.

The plan involves revising the public servant remuneration law during the ongoing parliamentary session to suspend additional allowances for the prime minister and other Cabinet members, The Japan Times reported today.

"I'll work on a law revision so that [cabinet members] do not receive pay exceeding lawmakers' salaries," Takaichi was quoted as saying at her inaugural news conference back in October.

According to The Japan Times, lawmakers currently earn Euro1.294 million (about RM41,400) a month, with the prime minister receiving an extra Euro1.152 mill...