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 ...

Share prices have soared in Japan recently on hopes that conservative lawmaker Sanae Takaichi, who was chosen Tuesday to be ...

In a country that ranks poorly internationally for gender equality, the new president of Japan's long-governing Liberal Democrats, and likely next Prime Minister, is an ultra-conservative star of a ...

President Trump welcomed the news Monday that Japan is poised to have its first female prime minister, calling it “incredible for the people of Japan.” “Japan has just elected its first female Prime ...

anae Takaichi, elected president of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Japan's likely first female prime minister, marks a new era in Japanese politics with a firmer approach to security and ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON, Oct 6 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday congratulated Japan's hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi, who is on course to become the country's first female prime minister.

Japan’s incoming prime minister is a heavy metal drummer with an iron will — that insiders say gives her an in with President Trump. Sanae Takaichi is set to become Japan’s first female prime minister ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's ruling party picked conservative nationalist Sanae Takaichi as its head on Saturday, putting her on course to become the country's first female prime minister in a move set to ...

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. Japan’s governing party elected Sanae Takaichi as ...