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

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

Sanae Takaichi has become Japan's first female prime minister, a significant milestone in the country's male-dominated ...

Japan's parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister Tuesday ...

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

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

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about economics, markets and policymaking throughout Asia. Sanae Takaichi, newly-elected leader of the Liberal Democratic ...

Japan’s governing party on Saturday elected former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, a hard-line ultra-conservative and China hawk, as its new leader, making her likely to become the ...

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 ...

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 ...

TOKYO — 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. Takaichi defeated Shinjiro Koizumi 185 to ...

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 ...