Sanae Takaichi admires former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and is a proponent of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ...

Sanae Takaichi, the newly-elected head of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, held talks about a possible coalition with ...

Japan's weakened Liberal Democratic Party is set to begin policy talks on Thursday with the Japan Innovation Party (JIP) as ...

Here’s how the LDP leader remade Japan’s ruling coalition to become the country’s first female Prime Minister.

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

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

History is made as a late political challenge by Japan’s ‘Iron Lady’ fails to prosper against Sanai Takaichi. Mr. Kirk, based ...

Japan's Liberal Democratic Party and the Japan Innovation Party have broadly agreed to form a coalition government, setting ...

Japan’s ruling party has forged a new coalition, paving the way for its leader to become the country’s next prime minister.

The new LDP-JIP coalition will command 231 seats in the Lower House, two short of a majority. To secure a first-round victory ...

Takaichi Sanae, head of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), and Yoshimura Hirofumi, representative of the Japan ...

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