Japan’s benchmark stock index, the Nikkei 225, hit a record after the leading conservative party elected Sanae Takaichi as its new leader. Nicknamed the ‘Iron Lady’ after she cited former British ...
Hardline conservative poised to be Japan's first female PM Friends highlight people skills, humble background Takaichi has criticised behaviour of visitors in hometown Nara Her haircut designed to ...
Japan has entered a new political era. For the first time in its modern history, the country has chosen a woman to lead it. Sanae Takaichi, a 64-year-old conservative, has won 237 out of 465 votes in ...