Japan's new first lady claims she's been to Venus.

This is actually pretty normal for Japan. From Ananova:

Japan's new first lady claims she has visited Venus - and met Tom Cruise in a previous life.

Miyuki Hatoyama, 66, a former dancer, believes she was abducted by aliens as she slept one night 20 years ago, then whisked off into space.

She told the story in a book entitled Very Strange Things I've Encountered, reports The Guardian.

"While my body was asleep, I think my soul rode on a triangular-shaped UFO and went to Venus. It was a very beautiful place, and it was very green," she wrote.

By coincidence, Miyuki's husband, Japan's new prime minister Yukio Hatoyama, has been nicknamed 'the Alien' by his parliamentary colleagues for his otherworldly manner and prominent eyes.

Hatoyama appears unruffled by his wife's idiosyncrasies, saying: "I feel relieved when I get home. She is like an energy-refuelling base."