Beijing has yet to congratulate Takaichi, who holds controversial positions on Taiwan and Japanese wartime history.

A new prime minister must decide whether to maintain the previous administration’s deferential negotiating strategy that ...

Japan will get its first-ever female prime minister after Sanae Takaichi, a former economic security minister, won a historic ...

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

By bno - Tokyo Office Japan has elected its first-ever female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, following a parliamentary vote ...

Japan's parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister Tuesday, a day after ...

The prime minister pledged to 'do everything we can to protect the lives and the peace of the people of Japan.' ...

Outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and his Cabinet resigned Tuesday to pave the way for the election of a new ...

TOKYO - Outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba resigned with his cabinet on Tuesday, marking an end to the ...

Hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi has been elected Japan's first female prime minister after a whirlwind few weeks of political wrangling.

Sanae Takaichi created history on Tuesday, winning Japan's parliamentary vote to become the country's first woman prime ...

Ishiba renewed Japan's pledge to pursue peace in his message marking 80 years since the end of World War II, stressing the ...