The 64-year-old Sanae Takaichi is ultra-conservative, with her views and positions chiming more with men than women.

Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected and staunchly conservative head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is expected to become Japan's first woman prime minister, but that doesn't mean she's a feminist choice,

As "Kyodo" writes, Takaichi is likely to become Japan's prime minister later in October and the first woman to hold the post. On Oct. 15, Takaichi's nomination for prime minister must be approved by Japan's parliament and she will become the first woman to head the Asian country's government.

A court in Japan sentenced a Marine to seven years in prison on Tuesday after it found him guilty of strangling and attempting to sexually assault a Japanese woman in Okinawa last year, the latest development amid a string of reported criminal misconduct ...

But Sanae Takaichi’s uniqueness lies not only in her gender. She also embodies an atypical political trajectory. Close to Shinzo Abe, whose heritage she claims, she has established herself as one of the figures of the conservative nationalist movement within the LDP.

Sanae Takaichi, an admirer of Britain’s Margaret Thatcher, was elected on Saturday as president of the ruling party, virtually ensuring her elevation

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

Sanae Takaichi has won Japan's Liberal Democratic Party's leadership contest and is likely to become the country's first female PM. Here's what we know about her.

Conservative Sanae Takaichi hailed a "new era" Saturday after becoming head of Japan's ruling party, putting her on course to become the country's first woman prime minister.Takaichi, a heavy metal drummer as a student,