TOKYO — Sanae Takaichi, a star of ultraconservative Japanese politics and a rare woman to rise in its male-dominated ...

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

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

History is made as a late political challenge by Japan’s ‘Iron Lady’ fails to prosper against Sanai Takaichi. Mr. Kirk, based ...

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

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

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 PM Sanae Takaichi dismissed the concept of work-life balance, urging party members to embrace hard work instead.

The LDP found a new coalition partner, but Prime Minister Takaichi is still short of a majority in the lower house.

Takaichi replaces Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, ending a three-month political vacuum and wrangling since the Liberal ...

Japan's newly elected Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has promised to "work like a horse" to get the country back on track. As ...

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