Mr Trump spent the third day of his Asia trip in Japan. Later in the day he addressed American troops aboard the USS George ...

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

Japan appears poised to select a new leader, and this will likely shatter the country’s longstanding glass ceiling: Sanae Takaichi is all but guaranteed to be chosen as Japan’s next prime minister, ...

After weeks of political manoeuvring and internal party turbulence, Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has chosen Sanae Takaichi as its new leader, setting her on course to become Japan’s ...

Japan’s benchmark stock index, the Nikkei 225, hit a record after the leading conservative party elected Sanae Takaichi as its new leader. Nicknamed the ‘Iron Lady’ after she cited former British ...

In Hometown of Japan's 'Iron Lady', Supporters Stress a Softer Side By Joseph Campbell NARA (Reuters) -Motoko Shimada fondly recalls when a classmate at her public school in the western Japanese city ...

Japan has done what markets didn’t expect—it’s brought back steel and conviction to the political core. Sanae Takaichi, the heavy-metal conservative once dismissed as a fringe hardliner, has crashed ...

Japan’s historic moment with Sanae Takaichi has quickly given way to political turbulence. Her rise as the country’s first female leader of the Liberal Democratic Party was hailed as a breakthrough ...

Motoko Shimada fondly recalls when a classmate at her public school in Nara, Sanae Takaichi, showed early signs of the leadership that would set her on course to become the country's first female ...