‘You cannot be what you cannot see’: Japan hails first female leader as turning point for society

Sanae Takaichi’s ascendancy seen as historic in country where women remain under-represented in business and politics ...

Japan's Takaichi Vows Nordic Levels of Women in Cabinet. Can She Deliver?

TOKYO (Reuters) -In her campaign to become Japan's first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi made a bold promise to narrow ...

Japan Is Set for Its First Female Prime Minister

Sanae Takaichi, a hard-line conservative, was elected as leader by Japan’s embattled governing party, paving the way for her ...

Japan’s likely next prime minister is an ultraconservative woman

Japan's ruling party elects Sanae Takaichi as leader, meaning she is likely to become the nation's first female prime ...

Sanae Takaichi Is Likely to Be Japan’s Next Leader. Who Is She?

Ms. Takaichi would be Japan’s first female prime minister in a country where women are drastically underrepresented at the ...

Sanae Takaichi set to become Japan's first-ever female prime minister, and face immediate challenges

Japan is set to get its first female prime minister, and conservative Sanae Takaichi will have complex political juggling to ...

Japan firms fall woefully short of meeting govt goals on women in management

About one-fifth of Japanese companies have no female managers and most say women account for less than 10% of management, a Reuters monthly poll found, highlighting the struggle for the government's ...