Sanae Takaichi, a star of ultraconservative Japanese politics and a rare woman to rise in its male-dominated hierarchy, has been elected the country’s first female prime minister.

Japan’s staunchly conservative former interior minister, Sanae Takaichi, was elected by parliament on Tuesday as the country’s first female prime minister.The 64-year-old succeeds the comparatively ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister Tuesday ...

Sanae Takaichi is officially Japan’s first female prime minister. The leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) was ...

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

Sanae Takaichi becomes Japan's first female prime minister, citing Margaret Thatcher as inspiration while promising to ...

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

Sanae Takaichi has become Japan's first female prime minister after her election by the lower house of the Liberal Democratic ...

Komeito had long restrained the LDP’s more hawkish tendencies, especially on China policy. What will happen now that it’s no ...

The conservative lawmaker succeeds Shigeru Ishiba after the Liberal Democratic Party lost its ruling majority.

Sanae Takaichi has become Japan's first female prime minister, marking a historic moment in Japanese politics. Her election ...

The LDP found a new coalition partner, but Prime Minister Takaichi is still short of a majority in the lower house.