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

Renowned Japan expert Sheila Smith discusses the country’s historic election of its first female prime minister, her politics ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about economics, markets and policymaking throughout Asia. Sanae Takaichi, newly-elected leader of the Liberal Democratic ...

Share prices have soared in Japan recently on hopes that conservative lawmaker Sanae Takaichi, who was chosen Tuesday to be ...

Hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi is set to become Japan’s first female premier after her governing Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) signed a coalition deal with a right-wing partner party. Takaichi ...

President Trump welcomed the news Monday that Japan is poised to have its first female prime minister, calling it “incredible for the people of Japan.” “Japan has just elected its first female Prime ...

anae Takaichi, elected president of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Japan's likely first female prime minister, marks a new era in Japanese politics with a firmer approach to security and ...

Japan could be about to have its first female prime minister, as a woman is elected leader of the governing party. Sanae Takaichi has been selected as the head of the conservative Liberal Democratic ...

Takaichi replaces Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba as the party hopes to regain public support and stay in power after major election losses. Japan’s governing party on Saturday elected former Economic ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. When Sanae Takaichi was a drummer in a heavy metal band, she travelled to gigs carrying multiple sets of drumsticks, as quite a few ...

The Japanese stock market is often overlooked and frequently misunderstood, but now could be the time to consider investing in Japan. Japanese equity performance, meanwhile, is in the process of a ...

Sanae Takaichi is poised to make history as Japan’s first female prime minister. Having lost to Fumio Kishida in 2021 and again to Shigeru Ishiba last year, she emerged victorious on her third attempt ...