Japan's parliament on Tuesday elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country's first female prime minister, and she underlined her commitment to boosting Japanese defense as she prepared to host visiting U.

For the first time in history, a woman has taken the post of Prime Minister in Japan - Sanae Takaichi, who replaced Shigeru Ishiba in this position after his

Takaichi Sanae, head of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), and Yoshimura Hirofumi, representative of the Japan Innovation Party, met at the National Diet in Tokyo at 6 p.m. on the 20th and signed a document for a coalition government.

Sanae Takaichi becomes Japan's first female prime minister, citing Margaret Thatcher as inspiration while promising to restore confidence and strengthen security.

Sanae Takaichi, who has become Japan's first female prime minister, has quite the musical past as she's a huge fan of heavy metal.

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,

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’s rise marks a milestone, but women in Japan still struggle to enter politics, lead corporations, or share in some of its most revered traditions.

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the Japan Innovation Party have agreed to form a coalition government, setting the stage for the country's first woman prime minister, Kyodo news agency reported on Sunday.