Renowned Japan expert Sheila Smith discusses the country’s historic election of its first female prime minister, her politics ...

The home run marked the second World Series win in Toronto Blue Jays history. The Blue Jays achieved the feat in consecutive ...

Sanae Takaichi is no feminist icon—her views on gender roles and same-sex marriage are conservative—but she is seen as ...

On October 21, Japan elected its first female prime minister. Takaichi Sanae, a former economic security minister and a ...

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

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

TOKYO] Days after the jubilant highs of becoming the Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) first woman leader, Sanae Takaichi was ...

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TOKYO—Sanae Takaichi’s victory in a leadership election in Japan represents another notable win for a resurgent global conservatism that is drawing strength from voter anger over issues such as ...

Sanae Takaichi, a hard-line conservative, was elected as leader by Japan’s embattled governing party, paving the way for her to become prime minister of the coalition government. By Javier C.