Sanae Takaichi has pledged to make the country ‘strong and prosperous’ again; success hinges on breaking barriers for women ...

Akita Prefecture has Japan's most aged population, lowest birthrate and fastest declining population. Rigid gender roles are ...

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

Japan ranks low in gender equality among developed nations. The first woman to lead the country is an ultraconservative who ...

Sanae Takaichi has become Japan's first woman prime minister since the country established its modern parliamentary system ...

TOKYO — Sanae Takaichi is poised to become Japan's first female prime minister, but many of her positions are socially conservative in an often still deeply patriarchal nation. Takaichi, whose hero is ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese women welcomed the arrival of what they see as a "new era" for Japan as Sanae Takaichi became its ...

Who is Japan’s first female prime minister? Sanae Takaichi in her own words - From international tourism, immigration, women’s maiden names, and visits to a controversial wartime shrine, Takaichi has ...

(Kim Kyung-Hoon/POOL/AFP) 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 ...

Sanae Takaichi took office as Japan's first female prime minister, but her surprisingly male-dominated cabinet and socially ...