Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Satsuki Katayama was appointed finance minister, becoming the first woman ever to hold the role, while Kimi Onoda will serve as ...

Japan has launched a month-long deep-sea mission aimed at unlocking a new domestic source of rare earth elements, a move that could reshape how the country secures critical minerals used in electric ...

Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) president Sanae Takaichi created history on Tuesday by being elected the country’s first female prime minister. Her victory was largely secured by a coalition ...

Takaichi’s election represents a historic breakthrough in a country where gender parity in leadership has long lagged behind its economic sophistication. Yet investors shouldn’t mistake her gender ...

Japan’s new government says it wants to take a stricter approach to crime and other misbehaviour by foreigners, not begin mass deportations, contrary to widely shared online posts. Hardline ...

TOKYO — Sanae Takaichi, a star of ultraconservative Japanese politics and a rare woman to rise in its male-dominated hierarchy, has been elected the country’s first female prime minister. Takaichi, 64 ...

TOKYO – Polls show Japan's first female prime minister and her coalition within reach of a decisive win in snap elections on Sunday. Sanae Takaichi got an additional boost in the form of an ...