Sanae Takaichi has become Japan's first woman prime minister since the country established its modern parliamentary system ...

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

TOKYO — Japan’s first female defense minister has said she will seek the position of prime minister by taking on the “old boys” of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. Yuriko Koike, a former ...

Ms Takaichi, an ultra-conservative who on Tuesday became Japan’s first female prime minister, had promised to model her ...

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