Japan’s new prime minister laid it on thick. There was the gift of 250 cherry trees for America’s 250th anniversary next year; a putter used by Shinzo Abe, the late, former prime minister with whom ...

U.S. President Donald Trump lavished praise on Japan's first female leader Sanae Takaichi in Tokyo, welcoming the new prime ...

U.S. President Donald Trump has met with Japan’s newly elected, ultraconservative leader in Tokyo during one of the busiest ...

An admirer of Britain’s Margaret Thatcher, Sanae Takaichi’s rise to be Japan’s first female prime minister marks a watershed ...

The US President and Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi didn’t just sign a critical minerals deal, they also ...

During her time in the U.S., Takaichi “worked briefly in Washington for Patricia Schroeder, a feminist congresswoman from the ...

The long list of countries that have had female prime ministers and presidents includes many of Japan’s neighbours – South Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines, Thailand, Burma, Bangladesh. So the fact that ...

A few savvy moves before her meeting with the US president today ensured Sanae Takaichi pulled off the type of diplomatic coup other world leaders could only dream of.

The man accused of killing former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2022 has pleaded guilty to murder.

Takaichi Sanae, a conservative hardliner, defeated four other colleagues running to head the Liberal Democratic Party ( LDP ) ...

Japan is set to have its first female prime minister as Sanae Takaichi has been elected leader of its long-governing party. Takaichi, 64, beat out her competitor Shinjiro Koizumi to become the leader ...