Hawkish on security policy, dovish on fiscal policy and traditionalist on social policy, she will move her country to the right

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

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

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…

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

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.

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.

La prima donna a ricevere l'incarico ha posizioni molto conservatrici, una passione per la batteria e opinioni forti sui turisti

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

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Hawkish on security policy, dovish on fiscal policy and traditionalist on social policy, she will move her country to the right

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