Yoshiaki Yoshimi, the top scholar on Japan’s system of military sexual slavery, talks to the Hankyoreh about his new book and ...

Japan’s new prime minister Sanae Takaichi has appointed just two women to her 19-member cabinet, despite pledging to match the levels of female representation seen in Nordic countries. Ms Takaichi, an ...

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 ...

Sanae Takaichi, newly-elected leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), speaks during a news conference at the party’s headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025. The big moment for ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kim Elsesser covers issues that impact women in the workplace. Sanae Takaichi made history today when she became Japan’s first ...

TOKYO— In a country that ranks poorly internationally for gender equality, the new president of Japan's long-governing Liberal Democrats, and likely next prime minister, is an ultra-conservative star ...

The hard-line conservative is making history in a country where women are drastically underrepresented at the highest levels of power. By Javier C. Hernández and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Tokyo Sanae ...