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

Her message has revolved around Japan's resurgence as a superpower, both geopolitically and militarily. She supports ...

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

Conservative lawmaker Sanae Takaichi, a self-proclaimed admirer of Margaret Thatcher, has made history by becoming Japan’s first female prime minister.

A former television presenter and heavy metal drummer has become the first woman to be elected prime minister of Japan. Sanae ...

Japan’s Fuji TV is grappling with a major crisis over its handling of a sexual assault scandal surrounding star presenter Masahiro Nakai, with at least 50 companies pulling their advertisements from ...

She is opposed to same-sex marriage and allowing both members of a married couple to keep their own surname – despite ...

The sexual misconduct allegations levelled against Japanese celebrity and former pop star Masahiro Nakai have led to the resignations of two top executives of the Fuji Media group. The group’s chair, ...

The country’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Saturday voted Takaichi to be the party’s next leader, which is also ...