Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner signed an agreement Monday, setting the stage for Sanae Takaichi to become the...

Liberal Democratic Party leader Sanae Takaichi appears back on track to becoming Japan first female prime minister.

TOKYO: Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party and the Japan Innovation Party have broadly agreed to form a coalition government, setting the stage for the country’s first female prime…

The right-wing opposition Japan Innovation Party, known as Ishin, said it was ready to back hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi's premiership.

Officials confirm media reports that Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic party will join forces with rightwing Nippon Ishin

TOKYO: Japan’s ruling LDP will sign a coalition deal later Monday, its new partner party said, paving the way for Sanae Takaichi to become the country’s first woman premier and…

Right-wing Japan Innovation Party pledges support for governing LDP, opening way for Takaichi to win vote.

Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner signed an agreement Monday, setting the stage for Sanae Takaichi to become the...

Sanae Takaichi will likely become Japan's first female prime minister, thanks to a coalition between her party and a right-wing party. She is a security hawk.

Sanae Takaichi on Tuesday created history, winning Japan's parliamentary vote to become the country's first woman prime minister, with domestic stock markets cheering her…

She will now form a government within the day

The ultraconservative was elected on Tuesday after her party struck a coalition deal with the Japan Innovation Party, expected to pull her governing bloc further to the right.

Conservative Sanae Takaichi became Japan’s first female prime minister Tuesday, breaking the country’s political glass ceiling and signaling a sharp...

Appointment clinched via a last-minute coalition deal, but government remains without a majority.

Il Parlamento giapponese ha eletto Sanae Takaichi come prima donna primo ministro del Paese, un giorno dopo che il suo partito, in difficoltà, ha siglato un accordo di coalizione…

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

TOKYO: Japan’s parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister Tuesday, a day after her struggling party struck a coalition deal…

Takaichi, an admirer of Margaret Thatcher, is a social conservative and faces a range of challenges in office.

A staunch conservative, she takes over as Japan grapples with rising cost-of-living and mounting debt.