Renowned Japan expert Sheila Smith discusses the country’s historic election of its first female prime minister, her politics ...

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 ...

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 ...

The inclusion of women in politics should be about gender equality, political accountability, and basic human rights rather than a political slogan. In Japan, female political appointments seem to be ...

Japan is overly reliant on imprisonment as it lacks sufficient options for alternatives, such as community service. Once imprisoned, many women suffer serious human rights abuses such as being ...

Japan’s first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, appointed just two other women to her cabinet, well below the high of ...