Ms Takaichi won 237 votes – four more than a majority – compared to 149 won by Yoshikoko Noda, head of the largest opposition ...

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) President Sanae Takaichi on Tuesday secured victory in both chambers of the ...

Sanae Takaichi, a conservative known for her admiration of Margaret Thatcher, is elected as Japan's first female prime ...

Sanae Takaichi, who calls herself Japan's Margaret Thatcher, stitched up a late night deal to secure her appointment as PM.

Japan got its first woman prime minister on Tuesday after Sanae Takaichi, a China hawk and social conservative, forged an ...

Japan’s parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister Tuesday, a day after ...

Sanae Takaichi, a staunch conservative who admires Margaret Thatcher, became Japan's first woman prime minister on Tuesday, ...

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

Takaichi Sanae broke political history on Tuesday after winning Japan’s parliamentary vote to become the nation’s first female Prime Minister, a decision that instantly lifted Asian and global markets ...

Share prices have soared in Japan recently on hopes that conservative lawmaker Sanae Takaichi, who was chosen Tuesday to be ...

Asian markets advanced on Tuesday, with Japan’s benchmark approaching the symbolically important 50,000 level for the first ...

Tokyo (CNN) — Staunch conservative Sanae Takaichi was elected Japan’s first female prime minister by the country’s parliament ...