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

TOKYO — Sanae Takaichi, a star of ultraconservative Japanese politics and a rare woman to rise in its male-dominated ...

When Japan’s ruling political party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), votes on Friday for its next leader, it will effectively be choosing the country’s next Prime Minister. A slew of scandals have ...

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

Sanae Takaichi just broke Japan’s highest glass ceiling. The country’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Saturday voted Takaichi to be the party’s next leader, which is also effectively Japan’s next ...

Japan’s governing party on Saturday elected former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi as its new leader, making her likely to become the country’s first female prime minister. In a country that ...

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

Sanae Takaichi was confirmed as leader days ahead of a possible visit to Japan by President Trump, with whom she shares ...

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 ...

Tokyo — Japan issued its annual white paper on suicide this week, and the results highlight rising deaths among women, particularly those in "non-regular" employment. The major daily newspaper Nikkei ...

A T-shirt featuring a portrait of Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike displayed at a store on the Ameyoko shopping street in Tokyo on Sept. 5. (Kentaro Takahashi/Bloomberg) William Pesek is a Tokyo-based writer ...

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 ...