The new leader will take the helm of the world’s fourth-largest economy at a time of unusual political instability, rising ...

The country’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Saturday voted Takaichi to be the party’s next leader, which is also ...

Sanae Takaichi, a hard-line conservative, was elected as leader by Japan’s embattled governing party, paving the way for her ...

In her campaign to become Japan's first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi made a bold promise to narrow the country's ...

A leadership election by Japan’s governing party could result in the U.S. ally having its first female prime minister or its youngest leader in more than a century.

Sanae Takaichi was elected leader of Japan’s governing Liberal Democratic Party and is likely to become the U.S. ally’s next ...