After Sanae Takaichi took office as Japan's first woman prime minister, AFP spoke to some of her younger counterparts who ...

Formed in 2010 to shake up Japan's political establishment and loosen Tokyo's administrative stranglehold, the Japan ...

Japanese companies have, little by little, been cracking the door open to more defense exports. A new political coalition is ...

President Donald Trump is heading to Japan where he'll meet new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi for the first time.

Japan’s parliament on Tuesday elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister, ending a ...

Sanae Takaichi, a fan of Iron Maiden, had an improbable rise to power. Like her mentor, Shinzo Abe, she is expected to lead ...

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

The acolyte of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is likely to make a sharp turn to the right on immigration and defence.

Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi faces significant foreign policy challenges just days after taking office ...

It’s a been crazy few months in Japanese politics.

She used to play drums in college and loves Iron Maiden. She’s conservative and her country’s first female prime minister.

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