"Japan actually has done a really good job increasing female labour market participation," says Yumiko Murakami, co-founder ...

By bno - Tokyo Office Forbes has ranked Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi as the third most powerful woman globally in ...

TOKYO – Sanae Takaichi, a star of ultraconservative Japanese politics and a rare woman to rise in its male-dominated hierarchy, has been elected the country's first female prime minister. Takaichi, 64 ...

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 ...

TOKYO — Lawmakers in Japan elected hard-line conservative Sanae Takaichi as prime minister Tuesday, making her the first woman in modern times to lead the key U.S. ally. Takaichi, 64, the new leader ...

TOKYO — Sanae Takaichi made history by becoming Japan's first female prime minister in October. She must now decide whether she'll break another barrier: the taboo barring women from the sumo ring.

The milestone election of Sanae Takaichi is a symbolic victory for feminists; however, some critics have expressed concern over her ultraconservative policies Meredith Kile is a Digital News ...

Japanese police say they arrested a man in connection with the alleged stabbing of two people at an entertainment complex ...

TOKYO (AP) — Sanae Takaichi, a star of ultraconservative Japanese politics and a rare woman to rise in its male-dominated hierarchy, has been elected the country’s first female prime minister.

TOKYO — Japan’s parliament on Tuesday elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister, and she underlined her commitment to boosting Japanese defense as she ...