Her worldview rests on the conviction that Japan must reclaim a central role in shaping Asia’s strategic future.

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

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Sanae Takaichi is officially Japan’s first female prime minister. The leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) was elected to the post on Tuesday after winning four more votes than the ...

Nina Li Coomes is a Japanese and American writer living in Chicago. When my sister and I were growing up in Nagoya, Japan, our mother would sometimes bring us to Tsuruma Park after school to let us ...

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 ...

Talpa Studios’ global hit quiz show “The Floor” has reached a major milestone: its 30th international commission. The latest deals include a new adaptation in the Middle East and North Africa region, ...

59446.jpeg None TOPSHOT - Sanae Takaichi, the newly-elected leader of Japan's ruling party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), attends a press conference after the LDP presidential election in Tokyo ...

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

NARA-Ms Motoko Shimada fondly recalls when a classmate at her public school in the western Japanese city of Nara, Ms Sanae Takaichi, showed early signs of the leadership that would set her on course ...

Sanae Takaichi is poised to make history as Japan’s first female prime minister, but her government may be imperilled before it even begins amid a deepening rift within the ruling coalition. The ...