She used to play drums in college and loves Iron Maiden. She’s conservative and her country’s first female prime minister.

Staunch conservative Sanae Takaichi was elected Japan’s first female prime minister by parliament on Tuesday, in a landmark ...

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

Sanae Takaichi was named Japan's first woman prime minister Tuesday, with the social conservative saying she wanted "candid ...

Takaichi’s election is part of a trend worldwide which also recently resulted in the first conservative president of Bolivia ...

Sanae Takaichi was confirmed as prime minister days ahead of a possible visit to Japan by President Trump, with whom she ...

TOKYO — Japan was set to get its first woman prime minister on Tuesday after Sanae Takaichi, a China hawk and social ...

Japan ranks low in gender equality among developed nations. The first woman to lead the country is an ultraconservative who ...

Though her election is a milestone in a country that struggles with gender equality, critics say hard-line conservative Sanae ...

Sanae Takaichi took office as Japan's first female prime minister, but her surprisingly male-dominated cabinet and socially ...