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

Japan’s first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi — a Thatcher-inspired conservative with heavy metal tastes and a passion ...

Sanae Takaichi just broke Japan’s highest glass ceiling. The country’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Saturday voted Takaichi to be the party’s next leader, which is also effectively Japan’s next ...

President Trump met with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in Japan on Tuesday shortly after she became the ...

U.S. President Donald Trump is meeting with Japan's newly elected, ultraconservative leader in Tokyo. The meeting comes on ...

Sanae Takaichi just signed a rare earth minerals deal and a document pledging to a new "golden age" of U.S.-Japan relations ...