Sanae Takaichi's ascent to lead Japan surprised the country's political elite. The conservative became the country's first female prime minister this month. She just signed a rare-earth minerals deal ...

Satsuki Katayama is Japan’s first female finance minister, and also one of the few in her job in recent decades that previously worked as an official at the powerful bureaucracy. Katayama differs from ...

Japan’s parliament on Tuesday elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister, ending a three-month power struggle after disastrous election losses in July for ...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has congratulated Japan’s first female Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, describing her historic emergence as a testament to her decades-long contributions to governance and ...

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TOKYO (AP) — 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 ...

Japan's first-ever female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, is a conservative with a traditional view of gender roles and a penchant for heavy metal music. Japan's parliament elected Takaichi on Tuesday ...

TOKYO — 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 partner ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Japan’s parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the nation’s first female prime minister, ending a ...

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 ...

As Britain marked the 100th anniversary of Margaret Thatcher’s birth last week, Japan made history of its own on Tuesday by electing its first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, a self-declared ...