Motoko Shimada fondly recalls when a classmate at her public school in the western Japanese city of Nara, Sanae Takaichi, ...

Japan is set to get its first female prime minister, and conservative Sanae Takaichi will have complex political juggling to ...

Hardline nationalist leader Sanae Takaichi has won the leadership election for Japan’s ruling party, paving the way for her to become the country’s first woman prime minister.Ms Takaichi, 64, will ...

In a country that ranks poorly internationally for gender equality, the new president of Japan’s long-governing Liberal ...

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

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

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 ...

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

One victim of the Japanese military's sexual slavery appealed to the government during the 1,720th weekly rally held near the ...