US President Donald J. Trump lavished praise on Japan’s first female leader Sanae Takaichi in Tokyo on Tuesday, welcoming her pledge to accelerate a military buildup and signing deals on trade and ...

Tokyo International Film Festival chair discusses diplomatic approach to bridging cultures, Women's Empowerment program, and Asian cinema focus.

The Queen of Villains'' is a typical coming-of-age tale about a young woman's road to empowerment and self-discovery — except it all takes place in the body-slamming, arm-twisting world of Japanese ...

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

Police arrested a woman in her 30s Monday evening after she allegedly injured two male passengers with pepper spray inside a train on Tokyo’s Yamanote Line.

Sanae Takaichi, a fan of Iron Maiden, had an improbable rise to power. Like her mentor, Shinzo Abe, she is expected to lead ...

Sanae Takaichi is on track to become Japan's first female prime minister after her party secured a crucial coalition partner.

Japanese colonialism is infamous for its brutalization of women, abducted and forced into sex slavery. Less known is women’s ...

What was supposed to be an ordinary commute turned into an act of bravery. In Japan, female passengers recently subdued a man ...

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Sanae Takaichi, 64, has been elected leader of Japan’s ruling LDP and is poised to become the country’s first female Prime Minister. As the former Economic Security Minister, Takaichi faces the task ...

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 ...