The cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba resigned en masse Tuesday morning. The development marked Komeito’s departure from the Liberal Democratic Party-led ruling coalition and an end to ...

Share prices have soared in Japan recently on hopes that conservative lawmaker Sanae Takaichi, who was chosen Tuesday to be ...

Who is Sanae Takaichi? Japan’s ‘Iron Lady’ takes over as first woman prime minister - Ultraconservative nationalist succeeds ...

Sanae Takaichi has become Japan's first female prime minister, a significant milestone in the country's male-dominated ...

Japan’s parliament has elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister. Takaichi, the ...

Sanae Takaichi is on track to become Japan's first female prime minister after her governing party secured a crucial ...

Sanae Takaichi has been elected Japan's prime minister by parliament, making her the first woman to hold the office. The ...

TOKYO--Japan's newly minted prime minister has appointed Satsuki Katayama as the nation's first female finance minister, a move that could stoke expectations of more expansive fiscal policy.

Though her election is a milestone, Takaichi enters office with a fragile coalition and facing a number of pressing ...

Sanae Takaichi (pictured), president of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), was elected prime minister in a Tuesday ...

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