TOKYO (AP) — 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 ...

Sanae Takaichi, a staunch conservative who admires Margaret Thatcher, is expected to become Japan's first woman prime minister Tuesday, but analysts say her rise does not necessarily signal a feminist ...

TOKYO (AP) — Share prices have soared recently in Tokyo on hopes that conservative Japanese lawmaker Sanae Takaichi, who was chosen Tuesday to be Japan’s first female prime minister, will double down ...

TOKYO >> Hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi was set to become Japan’s first female prime minister today after winning a critical vote in parliament’s lower house. An acolyte of former Prime Minister ...

In a historic political milestone, Sanae Takaichi, President of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, was elected as the country's first female Prime Minister on Tuesday. Takaichi secured victory in the ...

Sanae Takaichi became Japan’s first female Prime Minister after winning 237 votes in the Lower House. Her victory lifted Japan’s Nikkei 225 and Topix to record highs and fueled rallies across ...

The yen slid after hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi was elected as Japan's first female prime minister, as investors bet that the move could bring about a muddied rate outlook and greater fiscal ...

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 ...

Sanae Takaichi, leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, won the lower house vote to choose the next prime minister today (21 October), clearing the way for her inauguration as the country's ...

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 ...

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 ...

Takaichi replaces Shigeru Ishiba, ending a three-month political vacuum and wrangling since the Liberal Democratic Party's disastrous election loss in July. Ishiba, who lasted only one year as prime ...