Japan's governing party leader, Sanae Takaichi, is on track to become the country’s first female prime minister, after ...

During her time in the U.S., Takaichi “worked briefly in Washington for Patricia Schroeder, a feminist congresswoman from the ...

It would fall two short of a majority, but ensure Ms Sanae Takaichi likely wins a vote in parliament. Read more at ...

The trigger was the election on October 4th of Takaichi Sanae (pictured), a hardline conservative, as the LDP’s new leader.

The Japanese yen weakened on Monday as expectations grew that Sanae Takaichi, a staunch supporter of aggressive fiscal and ...

Japan is on the verge of a historic political shift as the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the Japan Innovation ...

Japan is set to get its first female prime minister, and conservative Sanae Takaichi will have complex political juggling to ...

Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) elected Sanae Takaichi as its first woman president earlier this month. Many ...

Japan’s governing party has elected former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi as its new leader, making her likely to ...

The newly elected leader of the Liberal Democratic Party is poised to become the country’s first female prime minister.

Japan's newly elected leader of the ruling LDP party is primed to be the country’s next - and first female - Prime Minister, ...

Hardline nationalist leader Sanae Takaichi has won the leadership election for Japan’s ruling party, paving the way for her to become the country’s first woman prime minister. Ms Takaichi, 64, will ...