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

In Japan, gender roles are rigid, with women usually expected to look after the home and family, even if they work. As a ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi appointed just two female ministers in a 19-member Cabinet. Read more at ...

The Miss USA 2025 pageant will be held in Reno on Friday. This year's contestants include an "American Ninja Warrior" ...

Kono Basho fortuitously surprises us as it ushers us quietly, tacitly, into the heart and mind of a young Japanese woman. This is unexpected; this is most unusual. Where this narrative could have been ...

“When you stop and all that you have around you is the sound of the water trickling down the stream and the wind blowing ...

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

Akita Prefecture has Japan's most aged population, lowest birthrate and fastest declining population. Rigid gender roles are ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about economics, markets and policymaking throughout Asia. Sanae Takaichi, newly-elected leader of the Liberal Democratic ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -In her campaign to become Japan's first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi made a bold promise to narrow the country's wide gender gap in politics and lift the number of women in ...

Japan appears poised to select a new leader, and this will likely shatter the country’s longstanding glass ceiling: Sanae Takaichi is all but guaranteed to be chosen as Japan’s next prime minister, ...

Sanae Takaichi was named Japan's first woman prime minister Tuesday, with the social conservative saying she wanted "candid discussions" with US President Donald Trump just days ahead of his visit to ...