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TOKYO – Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was ranked third in the world’s most powerful women, Forbes said on Wednesday. In the list published on its website, Ursula von der Leyen, president of European ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s first female political leader, is the “highest-ranked political newcomer” in the Forbes World’s Most Powerful Women ranking, released Wednesday. The American ...

The pledge by Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to “work, work, work, work and work” for her country has been named the catchphrase of the year. The ultraconservative Takaichi uttered the phrase ...

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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 ...

Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's statement on collective self-defense regarding Taiwan has ignited a furious response from Beijing, including economic sanctions and diplomatic protests. This ...

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 ...

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, is ...

TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi rebuffed demands from China to retract her recent comments about Taiwan, saying there was no change to Tokyo’s stance on how it would respond to a major ...