Beijing has yet to congratulate Takaichi, who holds controversial positions on Taiwan and Japanese wartime history.

A new prime minister must decide whether to maintain the previous administration’s deferential negotiating strategy that ...

Japan will get its first-ever female prime minister after Sanae Takaichi, a former economic security minister, won a historic ...

Sanae Takaichi was elected prime minister of Japan on Tuesday, becoming her the first woman to lead the country.

Sanae Takaichi created history on Tuesday, winning Japan's parliamentary vote to become the country's first woman prime ...

Here’s how the LDP leader remade Japan’s ruling coalition to become the country’s first female Prime Minister.

The prime minister pledged to 'do everything we can to protect the lives and the peace of the people of Japan.' ...

Japan's parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister Tuesday, a day after ...

Outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and his Cabinet resigned Tuesday to pave the way for the election of a new ...

Her message has revolved around Japan's resurgence as a superpower, both geopolitically and militarily. She supports ...

Ishiba renewed Japan's pledge to pursue peace in his message marking 80 years since the end of World War II, stressing the ...