With the election of Sanae Takaichi as prime minister this week, Japan joined the ranks of countries that have had a woman serve as head of state or government since World War II. As of the end of ...

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?

By bno - Tokyo Office Japan has elected its first-ever female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, following a parliamentary vote ...

TOKYO — Sanae Takaichi, a star of ultraconservative Japanese politics and a rare woman to rise in its male-dominated hierarchy, has been elected the country’s first female prime minister. Takaichi, 64 ...

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

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TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister Tuesday ...

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

The Japanese Diet elected Takaichi Sanae, the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), to the country’s highest office.

Japan’s staunchly conservative former interior minister, Sanae Takaichi, was elected by parliament on Tuesday as the country’s first female prime minister. The ...