Sanae Takaichi became Japan’s first female prime minister today. That leaves the U.S. as one of only four G20 countries that have never been led by a woman.

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

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.

Leader dei liberaldemocratici, viene dall’ala più conservatrice

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…

Sanae Takaichi has made history but will have little time to settle in before negotiating the pitfalls of rising prices, power struggles and a mercurial US president

Sanae Takaichi became Japan’s first female prime minister today. That leaves the U.S. as one of only four G20 countries that have never been led by a woman.

La política ultraconservadora, admiradora de Margaret Thatcher, es elegida primera ministra tras la salida de Shigeru Ishiba, por un hemiciclo que cuenta solo con un 16% de…

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.

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

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.

Sanae Takaichi admires former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and is a proponent of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's conservative vision for Japan.

New leader had promised levels of female representation comparable to those in Iceland, where six of cabinet of 11 are women

Sanae Takaichi, Japan's first female prime minister, is not known for progressive views on women's equality.