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

Renowned Japan expert Sheila Smith discusses the country’s historic election of its first female prime minister, her politics ...

TOKYO — Japan’s governing party elected Sanae Takaichi as its new leader on Saturday, setting her up to become the U.S. ally’s first female prime minister. Takaichi defeated Shinjiro Koizumi 185 to ...

Sanae Takaichi, the former Minister in charge of Economic Security, stands up after winning the Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election by a runoff vote against Shinjiro Koizumi, the Minister ...

Japan is on track to get its first female prime minister after the leading conservative party elected Sanae Takaichi as its new leader. Takaichi, the former economic security minister of Japan, beat ...

A former television presenter and heavy metal drummer has become the first woman to be elected prime minister of Japan. Sanae Takaichi is known for her right-wing views and cites Margaret Thatcher as ...

Her worldview rests on the conviction that Japan must reclaim a central role in shaping Asia’s strategic future.