Formed in 2010 to shake up Japan's political establishment and loosen Tokyo's administrative stranglehold, the Japan ...

Sanae Takaichi has just been confirmed as Japan’s first female prime minister. But more important than her gender might be ...

Japan’s Sanae Takaichi is poised to become the nation’s first female prime minister, taking on the challenges of quelling ...

After a wild week, Sanae Takaichi may have found the political support she needs to become Japan's next prime minister - but ...

After Sanae Takaichi took office as Japan's first woman prime minister, AFP spoke to some of her younger counterparts who ...

Sanae Takaichi, Japan's newly elected first female prime minister, is an unabashedly conservative icon of Japanese politics.

Sanae Takaichi is poised to break Japan’s political glass ceiling. But some worry she will maintain policies that have held ...

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

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

Sanae Takaichi has voiced anti-immigrant policies at a time when Japan’s population continues to fall, threatening economic ...

Staunch conservative Sanae Takaichi was elected Japan’s first female prime minister by parliament on Tuesday, in a landmark ...