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

Sanae Takaichi is poised to break Japan’s political glass ceiling. But some worry she will maintain policies that have held ...

TOKYO (AP) — In a country that ranks poorly internationally for gender equality, the new president of Japan’s long-governing Liberal Democrats, and likely next prime minister, is an ultra-conservative ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about economics, markets and policymaking throughout Asia. Sanae Takaichi, newly-elected leader of the Liberal Democratic ...

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