Here’s how the LDP leader remade Japan’s ruling coalition to become the country’s first female Prime Minister.

Though her election is a milestone in a country that struggles with gender equality, critics say hard-line conservative Sanae Takaichi won’t necessarily help women advance.

TOKYO (Reuters) -Formed in 2010 to shake up Japan's political establishment and loosen Tokyo's administrative stranglehold, the Japan Innovation Party, known as Ishin,

Sanae Takaichi became Japan's first female prime minister after the Liberal Democratic Party formed a coalition with the right-wing Japan Innovation Party. Her victory ends a political vacuum, but challenges remain as her government lacks a majority in both houses of parliament,

Japan made history by electing its first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, this week; however, her ultraconservative policies have some concerned that the victory is merely symbolic

Japan elected its first female prime minister on Tuesday, Sanae Takaichi , a milestone in a country long dominated by male leadership.

Sanae Takaichi, the newly-elected head of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, held coalition talks on Thursday with leaders of 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.

Takaichi Sanae, head of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), and Yoshimura Hirofumi, representative of the Japan Innovation Party, met at the National Diet in Tokyo at 6 p.m. on the 20th and signed a document for a coalition government.

Hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi was elected Japan's first female prime minister on Tuesday, shattering a political glass ceiling for women and setting the country up for a decisive turn to the right.