After Sanae Takaichi took office as Japan's first woman prime minister, AFP spoke to some of her younger counterparts who called it a symbolic victory. The three local councillors anticipate ...

The Battle Over "Burden Sharing" Seen Beyond Gasoline PricesThe gradual reduction of gasoline subsidies is becoming a reality ...

Japan's newly elected first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, appears to be a modern "Iron lady" in the mold of Margaret Thatcher with all the controversy that entails. However successful her ...

Japanese political narratives about differences in the economic opportunities available to Japan’s earlier postwar and post-bubble generations are becoming more salient as the country grapples with an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the Akasaka Palace in Tokyo, Japan. Carlos110/Shutterstock Japan's Prime Minister, Sanae ...

Sanae Takaichi became Japan's first female prime minister Tuesday. Her election comes at a time of upheaval in Japanese politics. Japan's lawmakers just elected the country's first woman prime ...

Japan’s rising anti-immigration reflects the growing influence of populist narratives that have supplied a ready-made explanation for existing anxieties about foreigners. Decades of accepting foreign ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s conservative Liberal Democratic party (LDP) has secured the biggest election victory seen in Japan since the end of the second world war. In elections on February 8, it ...