Motoko Shimada fondly recalls when a classmate at her public school in the western Japanese city of Nara, Sanae Takaichi, showed early signs of the leadership that would set her on course to become ...

Japan is set to get its first female prime minister, and conservative Sanae Takaichi will have complex political juggling to do from day-1 to keep the job.

In a country that ranks poorly internationally for gender equality, the new president of Japan’s long-governing Liberal Democrats is one of the most conservative members of the male-dominated party ...

The rise of Japan’s first female leader is being hailed as a transformative moment for Japan. But in truth it may be more adaptation than reinvention.

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 cabinet to a par ...

Japan’s new Liberal Democratic Party leader, Sanae Takaichi, is one of its most conservative members. Aligned with Shinzo Abe’s nationalism, her stance on wartime history could strain ties with China ...

One victim of the Japanese military's sexual slavery appealed to the government during the 1,720th weekly rally held near the Japanese Embassy in Seoul to demand Tokyo's apology to former sex slaves, ...

Miyon, 22, is a nightclub hostess and social media influencer. Her posts show a young, confident woman out and about on the streets of Tokyo enjoying food and fashion. One of her recent posts, however ...

The Duchess of Edinburgh looked typically stylish as she met with Imperial Highness Princess Takamado at the Osaka Expo on Monday. Sophie, 60, appeared in high spirits as she met with the Japanese ...

Two former Canadian female students at Yamanashi Gakuin University filed a lawsuit Friday claiming they were sexually abused, one by a professor and the other by a student, and that the university ...