Sanae Takaichi, a fan of Iron Maiden, had an improbable rise to power. Like her mentor, Shinzo Abe, she is expected to lead ...

Japan has beaten Brazil for the first time. Japan fought from two goals down to win the friendly 3-2 in Tokyo.

Japan's budding power futures market could be set for a growth spurt as a government proposal requiring retailers to secure ...

Sanae Takaichi, a conservative firebrand aligned with the late Shinzo Abe, takes office as Japan’s first female prime ...

The Japanese government and some of the nation's top manufacturers have warned Vietnam that a planned ban on petrol-powered ...

SANAE Takaichi has been elected as Japan’s first ever female Prime Minister. The conservative hardliner, 64, is set to be ...

Takaichi replaces Shigeru Ishiba, ending a three-month political vacuum and wrangling since the Liberal Democratic Party’s ...

Share prices have soared recently in Tokyo on hopes that conservative Japanese lawmaker Sanae Takaichi, who was chosen ...

Japan’s parliament is set to elect ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister Tuesday.

Japan elected Sanae Takaichi as its first female prime minister on Tuesday, setting the country up for a turn to the ...

Sanae Takaichi is poised to break Japan’s political glass ceiling. But some worry she will maintain policies that have held ...