TOKYO — Sanae Takaichi, a star of ultraconservative Japanese politics and a rare woman to rise in its male-dominated ...

Formed in 2010 to shake up Japan's political establishment and loosen Tokyo's administrative stranglehold, the Japan ...

Sanae Takaichi, the newly-elected head of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, held talks about a possible coalition with ...

Though her election is a milestone in a country that struggles with gender equality, critics say hard-line conservative Sanae ...

Here’s how the LDP leader remade Japan’s ruling coalition to become the country’s first female Prime Minister.

History is made as a late political challenge by Japan’s ‘Iron Lady’ fails to prosper against Sanai Takaichi. Mr. Kirk, based ...

Takaichi Sanae, head of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), and Yoshimura Hirofumi, representative of the Japan ...

Japan’s ruling party has forged a new coalition, paving the way for its leader to become the country’s next prime minister.

EU chief Ursula von der Leyen congratulated Takaichi for "making history" as Japan's first woman premier. Takaichi had promised a cabinet with "Nordic" levels of women, up from two under predecessor ...

The LDP found a new coalition partner, but Prime Minister Takaichi is still short of a majority in the lower house.

Sanae Takaichi’s presidency is a win for the LDP right, but as prime minister she would be hostage to complex policy ...