Sanae Takaichi has become Japan's first female prime minister, a significant milestone in the country's male-dominated political landscape.

Formed in 2010 to shake up Japan's political establishment and loosen Tokyo's administrative stranglehold, the Japan Innovation Party, known as Ishin, will now help the ruling Liberal Democratic Party extend seven decades of dominance.

Sanae Takaichi became Japan's first female prime minister after the Liberal Democratic Party formed a coalition with the right-wing Japan Innovation Party. Her victory ends a political vacuum, but challenges remain as her government lacks a majority in both houses of parliament,

Sanae Takaichi has voiced anti-immigrant policies at a time when Japan’s population continues to fall, threatening economic stagnation.

Survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Tuesday called for new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to not backtra

Yuichi Yamazaki/Pool via REUTERS TOKYO (Reuters) -Anticipation grew on Monday that Sanae Takaichi will become Japan's first female premier, with the backing of the right-wing opposition Japan Innovation Party,

Hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi was elected Japan's first female prime minister on Tuesday, shattering a political glass ceiling for women and setting the country up for a decisive turn to the right.

Following the historic coalition deal between the Liberal Democratic Party and the Japan Innovation Party, unease is growing within b