Sanae Takaichi, an admirer of Britain’s Margaret Thatcher, was elected on Saturday as president of the ruling party, ...

TOKYO—In a country that ranks poorly internationally for gender equality, the new president of Japan’s long-governing Liberal Democrats, and likely next prime minister, is an ultra-conservative star ...

Advanced economies from the US to France may unleash more political theater on financial markets in the coming week, with no sign of resolution in sight over their swelling debts. In a light period ...

Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi will likely appoint Shunichi Suzuki, chair of the LDP’s General Council, to ...

Japan's governing party on Saturday elected former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, a hard-line ultra-conservative ...

Some investors expect Takaichi's win to push the dollar, now around 147 yen, above 150 yen - a level of yen weakness that ...

Takaichi has been a vocal advocate of "Abenomics", a hefty mix of government spending and monetary stimulus deployed by her ...

Japan’s stock market will likely get support while the yen and long-term government bonds come under pressure following the ...

Japan’s long-governing Liberal Democratic Party will choose a new leader Saturday to replace Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.

As soon as the international press got past the historic news Saturday that Japan had just chosen its first-ever female prime ...

After two failed attempts, Sanae Takaichi finally achieved her long-held ambition. The 64-year-old was elected leader of ...