Japan’s first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, appointed just two other women to her cabinet, well below the high of ...

The acolyte of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is likely to make a sharp turn to the right on immigration and defence.

Sanae Takaichi has become Japan's first female prime minister, a significant milestone in the country's male-dominated ...

Sanae Takaichi took office as Japan's first female prime minister, but her surprisingly male-dominated cabinet and socially ...

Japan’s improved labor force participation for women is a reminder not to assume that job market limits are clear and finite. By Jeanna Smialek Japan’s economy has rocketed into the headlines this ...

After graduating from college, Obora Shizue, now in her 40s, was building a solid career at an insurance firm. But after giving birth to her first child she became a full-time mother. “I wanted to ...

Though her election is a milestone in a country that struggles with gender equality, critics say hard-line conservative Sanae ...