"Japan actually has done a really good job increasing female labour market participation," says Yumiko Murakami, co-founder ...

Japan's new prime minister is trying to channel Margaret Thatcher just as the country's once placid government bond market is ...

Sanae Takaichi, newly-elected leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), speaks during a news conference at the party’s headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025. The big moment for ...

Oct 21 (Reuters) - Conservative nationalist Sanae Takaichi became Japan's first female prime minister on Tuesday in a parliamentary vote that handed her a majority in the lower house, pushing the ...

Sanae Takaichi, former economic security minister, became the 104th prime minister of Japan on 21 October 2025. Despite the sudden collapse of the 26-year partnership between the Liberal Democratic ...

WASHINGTON, Oct 6 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday congratulated Japan's hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi, who is on course to become the country's first female prime minister.

Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has elected Sanae Takaichi as its new president. With the LDP dominating Japanese politics in the post-World War II era, Takaichi will likely become Japan’s next ...

Staunch conservative Sanae Takaichi was elected Japan’s first female prime minister by parliament on Tuesday, in a landmark moment for the historically patriarchal country where both politics and ...

TOKYO -- Sanae Takaichi is on track to become Japan's first female prime minister after her governing party secured a crucial coalition partner. Takaichi, 64, is set to replace Prime Minister Shigeru ...

TOKYO -- Japan's parliament on Tuesday elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country's first female prime minister, and she underlined her commitment to boosting Japanese defense as she ...

The Japanese stock market is often overlooked and frequently misunderstood, but now could be the time to consider investing in Japan. Japanese equity performance, meanwhile, is in the process of a ...