Ms. Takaichi would be Japan’s first female prime minister in a country where women are drastically underrepresented at the ...

Sanae Takaichi came out top in a male-dominated race, putting her on course to emulate her hero, Margaret Thatcher.

The newly elected leader of the Liberal Democratic Party is poised to become the country’s first female prime minister.

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

Sanae Takaichi, a hardline conservative, is set to become Japan's first female prime minister after being elected by her ...

Japan's governing party on Saturday elected Sanae Takaichi, a hard-line ultra-conservative and China hawk, as its new leader, ...

In a country that ranks poorly internationally for gender equality, the new president of Japan's long-governing Liberal ...

Japan's ruling party picked hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi as its head on Saturday, putting her on course to become the ...

Sanae Takaichi ,who is set to become Japan's first female prime minister, faces daunting challenges—Trump among them.

First elected to parliament in 1993, 64-year-old Sanae Takaichi has served in key party and government posts, including ...

Once a motorcycle enthusiast and heavy metal drummer, she entered politics under Abe’s guidance, sharing his ambition to revise Japan’s post-war pacifist constitution.