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

Sanae Takaichi took office as Japan's first female prime minister, but her surprisingly male-dominated cabinet and socially ...

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

Sanae Takaichi is poised to break Japan’s political glass ceiling. But some worry she will maintain policies that have held ...

The country’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Saturday voted Takaichi to be the party’s next leader, which is also effectively Japan’s next Prime Minister, setting her up to be the first woman to ...

Sanae Takaichi has become Japan's first female prime minister, a significant milestone in the country's male-dominated ...

Japan's ruling party elects Sanae Takaichi as leader, meaning she is likely to become the nation's first female prime minister. The ultraconservative is not expected to blaze any trails for women's ...

An admirer of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Takaichi is among the Japanese politicians who have ...