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Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi faces significant foreign policy challenges just days after taking office. She ...

Southeast Asian foreign ministers open talks Saturday ahead of a landmark ASEAN summit that will formally welcome East Timor ...

President Donald Trump heads to Asia on Friday for his first trip this term to the continent, where he’s expected to try to ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, in her first major policy speech on Friday, pledged to further accelerate Japan’s ...

Takaichi’s victory shows that Japan’s glass ceiling is composed not only of traditional sexist forces, but also feminist ...

President Donald Trump is going to Asia and will meet face to face with the leaders of Malaysia, Japan, South Korea and China ...

Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi delivered her first policy speech to the parliament Friday, focusing on economic ...

Japan ranks low in gender equality among developed nations. The first woman to lead the country is an ultraconservative who ...

By bno - Tokyo Office Japan has elected its first-ever female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, following a parliamentary vote ...

Sanae Takaichi took office as Japan's first female prime minister, but her surprisingly male-dominated cabinet and socially ...