Hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi has been elected Japan's first female prime minister after a whirlwind few weeks of ...

Takaichi only appointed two women in the Cabinet, which was identical to the previous Shigeru Ishiba administration.

TOKYO -- Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi caused a stir when she remarked that she would "throw away the phrase work ...

Japan’s first female prime minister has appeared. Will this be an opportunity to break through the sense of stagnation enveloping the nation? Even under the severe circumstances of a minority ruling ...

With Komeito now an opposition party, it is grappling with how to maintain an appropriate political distance from the Liberal ...

Japan plans to raise several travel-related fees and taxes, part of an effort to modernize systems and fund public programs.

EU chief Ursula von der Leyen congratulated Takaichi for "making history" as Japan's first woman premier. Takaichi had promised a cabinet with "Nordic" levels of women, up from two under predecessor ...

Japan has elected its first female Prime Minister. Sanae Takaichi won 237 votes while Yoshihiko Noda head of the largest ...

TOKYO — Sanae Takaichi, a star of ultraconservative Japanese politics and a rare woman to rise in its male-dominated hierarchy, has been elected the country’s first female prime minister. Takaichi, 64 ...

Margaret Thatcher-san? In many ways, Takaichi will be a natural partner for President Donald Trump in the region, but has ...

Though her election is a milestone in a country that struggles with gender equality, critics say hard-line conservative Sanae ...

Sanae Takaichi has voiced anti-immigrant policies at a time when Japan’s population continues to fall, threatening economic ...