The Japanese Parliament on Tuesday elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi, a staunch conservative and former internal affairs minister, as the country's first female prime minister. This comes days ...

Her worldview rests on the conviction that Japan must reclaim a central role in shaping Asia’s strategic future.

In a country long criticised for gender inequality, Sanae Takaichi’s election as president of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) marks a historic moment. Pending confirmation by the Diet’s ...

The first lady says konichiwa to Japan and indulges in the country's culture. — -- Bentos, kimonos and drums, oh my! Just before the cherry blossom festival in Washington, D.C., a symbol of the ...

U.S.-Japan defense relations could get a boost if SANAE TAKAICHI — a nationalist politician who has pushed stronger military ties — becomes prime minister in a parliamentary vote Tuesday. Central to ...

Gov. Josh Green and First Lady Jaime Kanani Green headed to Japan on Sunday to meet with Japanese government officials and key business stakeholders, his office announced. They will return on Friday.

NARA — Motoko Shimada fondly recalls when a classmate at her public school in the western Japanese city of Nara, Sanae Takaichi, showed early signs of the leadership that would set her on course to ...

With hair that sometimes reveals a shock of white, sometimes goes all black, Miyuki Hatoyama, 66, is striking enough in person. That she is visible at all is a surprise. In Japan, the wives of ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In a brief bit of footage from the early 1990s, a young, power-suited Sanae Takaichi speeds past Japan’s ...