After Sanae Takaichi took office as Japan's first woman prime minister, AFP spoke to some of her younger counterparts who ...

Did you know that Sanae Takaichi, who became Japan’s first female Prime Minister this week, was once a heavy metal drummer?

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The heavy-metal-loving, motorcycle-driving Sanae Takaichi (高市 早苗) was elected the first female prime minister of Japan on ...

Japan ranks low in gender equality among developed nations. The first woman to lead the country is an ultraconservative who ...

Sanae Takaichi, Japan's newly elected first female prime minister, is an unabashedly conservative icon of Japanese politics.

Takaichi, who is known to be an admirer of Britain's Margaret Thatcher, will get an early opportunity to meet President ...

Her leadership comes as the Liberal Democratic Party forms a coalition with the right-wing Japan Innovation Party.

Sanae Takaichi becomes Japan's first female prime minister, citing Margaret Thatcher as inspiration while promising to ...

Sanae Takaichi is officially Japan’s first female prime minister. The leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) was elected to the post on Tuesday after winning four more votes than the ...