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

Sanae Takaichi’s rise marks a milestone, but women in Japan still struggle to enter politics, lead corporations, or share in ...

Sanae Takaichi took office as Japan's first female prime minister, but her surprisingly male-dominated cabinet and socially ...

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

Japan has elected staunch conservative politician Sanae Takaichi, as its next prime minister, the country’s first woman to hold this position. CNN’s Hanako Montgomery looks at what this appointment ...

Her leadership comes as the Liberal Democratic Party forms a coalition with the right-wing Japan Innovation Party.

Sanae Takaichi is officially Japan’s first female prime minister. The leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) was elected to the post on Tuesday after winning four more votes than the ...

The hardline conservative emulated her hero Margaret Thatcher after a whirlwind few weeks of political wrangling.

"Graduating and hooding a Ph.D. student is an action that symbolizes my tremendous appreciation, respect and pride in them ...

A Japanese court handed down an eight-year jail sentence Tuesday to the father of a woman who publicly accused him of rape, a ...