Sanae Takaichi drew criticism for requiring staff to work in the wee hours in a country scarred by “death from overwork.” ...

Japan's parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister Tuesday, a day after her struggling party struck a coalition deal with a new partner expected ...

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

Heavyweights clash as election of hawkish PM Sanae Takaichi and US policy unpredictability change calculus in region ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi this week hinted at a possible shift in the country's decades-old non-nuclear ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said she "strongly hopes" the central bank achieves inflation driven by wages rather ...

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said the central bank is aiming for moderate inflation accompanied by wage rises and ...

TOKYO(AP) — Japan’s parliament on Tuesday elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister, and she underlined her commitment to boosting Japanese defense as she ...

Sanae Takaichi became Japan's first female prime minister Tuesday. Her election comes at a time of upheaval in Japanese politics.