Ms Takaichi won 237 votes – four more than a majority – compared to 149 won by Yoshikoko Noda, head of the largest opposition party.

Japan's parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister Tuesday, a day after ...

Japan on Tuesday got its first woman Prime Minister as Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi was elected by the ...

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

For many young girls in Japan today, the image of Sanae Takaichi taking the helm of power as the country's first ever female ...

The newspaper highlights that Sanae Takaichi maintains a tough stance on China, advocates for stricter immigration policies, and seeks to rewrite history by downplaying "Japan’s atrocities during Worl ...

Japan makes history as Sanae Takaichi becomes its first female prime minister, signaling potential shifts in policy, markets, ...

Hawkish on security policy, dovish on fiscal policy and traditionalist on social policy, she will move her country to the ...

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

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

Hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi was elected Japan's first female prime minister on Tuesday, shattering the political ...

Sanae Takaichi becomes Japan’s first female prime minister, vowing a hawkish agenda and conservative reforms amid gender ...