The hardline conservative emulated her hero Margaret Thatcher after a whirlwind few weeks of political wrangling.

Sanae Takaichi becomes Japan's first female prime minister, citing Margaret Thatcher as inspiration while promising to ...

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

Sanae Takaichi, Japan's newly elected first female prime minister, is an unabashedly conservative icon of Japanese politics.

Sanae Takaichi, a staunch conservative who admires Margaret Thatcher, became Japan's first woman prime minister on Tuesday, ...

Sanae Takaichi is on track to become Japan's first female prime minister after her party secured a crucial coalition partner ...

An admirer of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Takaichi is among the Japanese politicians who have ...

The heavy-metal-loving, motorcycle-driving Sanae Takaichi (高市 早苗) was elected the first female prime minister of Japan on ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi delivers her policy speech at a Lower House plenary session on Oct. 24. (Koichi Ueda) For ...

SANAE Takaichi has been elected as Japan’s first ever female Prime Minister. The conservative hardliner, 64, who was inspired ...

Hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi was voted in by parliament as Japan’s first female prime minister Tuesday, emulating her ...

The rise of Japan’s first female leader is being hailed as a transformative moment for Japan. But in truth it may be more ...