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

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.

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

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.' ...

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

Ms Takaichi won 237 votes – four more than a majority – compared to 149 won by Yoshikoko Noda, head of the largest opposition ...

TOKYO - Outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba resigned with his cabinet on Tuesday, marking an end to the ...

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 ...

Japan PM Sanae Takaichi held her first summit call with US President Donald Trump, emphasising that “strengthening the ...