TOKYO (Kyodo) -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday praised Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi for being ...

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

Ms Takaichi, an ultra-conservative who on Tuesday became Japan’s first female prime minister, had promised to model her ...

Japan's parliament has elected Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister. On Tuesday, she replaced Shigeru ...

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

Her comments come after her historic appointment on 21 October as Japan’s first female prime minister, after her party ...

Sanae Takaichi has pledged a crackdown on illegal immigration and foreigner crime, but has not launched a "deportations" ...

The new enthusiasm marks a sea change from when there was a stigma to Japan arming up. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...