Japanese premiere Sanae Takaichi may have extra trouble sleeping after she moved into the prime minister's official residence, where ghosts of Japanese soldiers from a century ago are reputed to ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said she spoke to President Trump on Tuesday amid an ongoing dispute between her country and China. In remarks to reporters at her office in Tokyo, the prime ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said she hadn’t planned to get into any details of a Taiwan contingency in recent remarks that have been fiercely criticized by China. “I didn’t intend to ...

WSJ Tokyo Bureau Chief Jason Douglas explains how Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s summit with President Trump secured a new ‘golden age’ for the U.S.-Japanese alliance. Photo: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters ...

TOKYO — As Japan’s first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi has broken new ground in a country that struggles with gender equality. But she has quickly run up against a tradition that may be ...

Steve Forbes praises Prime Minister Takaichi’s Thatcheresque inclinations, which could help Japan dig out of its economic rut. He warns that pursuing the same course as before will result in failure.

TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will donate 250 flowering cherry trees and July 4th fireworks to Washington, DC, after she and President Trump tuned into the World Series game between ...

President Donald Trump offered complimentary words about Sanae Takaichi — Japan’s first female prime minister — upon arriving in Japan on Monday. Takaichi’s resume blends her strong brand of ...

Months before she became Japan’s prime minister, Sanae Takaichi said she’d been invited to meet US President Donald Trump. It was November, just after his election victory and several figures close to ...

Japan’s government has proposed purchasing a fleet of Ford F-150 trucks as a gesture to strengthen ties, despite concerns about their practicality on Tokyo’s narrow streets. Trump expressed enthusiasm ...

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 ...

Japan's first-ever female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, is a conservative with a traditional view of gender roles and a penchant for heavy metal music. Japan's parliament elected Takaichi on Tuesday ...