TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese women welcomed the arrival of what they see as a "new era" for Japan as Sanae Takaichi became its ...

Sanae Takaichi has voiced anti-immigrant policies at a time when Japan’s population continues to fall, threatening economic ...

Sanae Takaichi became Japan's first female prime minister, but her predominantly male cabinet has sparked controversy.

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

Japan elected its first female prime minister on Tuesday, Sanae Takaichi , a milestone in a country long dominated by male ...

Having won the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) leadership election on October 4, Sanae Takaichi’s road to becoming ...

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

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

The Japanese Diet elected Takaichi Sanae, the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), to the country’s highest office.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit a record. It rose 218 points, or 0.5%, on Tuesday and topped its prior all-time high, ...

Takaichi replaces Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, ending a three-month political vacuum and wrangling since the Liberal ...