Takaichi succeeds Shigeru Ishiba, who resigned earlier in the day with his Cabinet after only a year in office Japan’s Parliament on Tuesday elected ultraconservative leader Sanae Takaichi as the ...

Tokyo (CNN) — Staunch conservative Sanae Takaichi was elected Japan’s first female prime minister by the country’s parliament on Tuesday, in a landmark moment for the historically patriarchal country ...

By Mariko Katsumura and Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) -Hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi was elected Japan's first female prime minister on Tuesday, shattering the nation's glass ceiling and setting it ...

Sanae Takaichi, a hardline conservative, becomes Japan's first female prime minister following a decisive vote in the parliament's lower house. Supported by former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, her ...

FILE - Sanae Takaichi, the newly-elected leader of Japan's ruling party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), gestures as she leaves the party leader's office after the LDP leadership election in Tokyo ...

TOKYO — Japan’s parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister Tuesday, a day after her struggling party struck a coalition deal with a new partner ...

TOKYO — Japan's parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister Tuesday, a day after her struggling party struck a coalition deal with a new partner ...

(CNN) — A staunchly conservative politician with a penchant for heavy metal is poised to make history on Tuesday as Japan’s first female prime minister. Sanae Takaichi’s expected accession to the role ...

The Japanese yen held firm on Tuesday as markets awaited a pivotal parliament vote likely to make hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi Japan’s first female prime minister. The yen strengthened ...

Japan’s parliament is set to elect ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister Tuesday TOKYO -- TOKYO (AP) — Japan's parliament is set to elect ultraconservative ...

The yen was last 0.1% stronger at 150.61 per dollar, having fallen slightly in the previous session as investors anticipated that Takaichi's likely premiership - following the backing of the ...