Ms Takaichi broke the glass ceiling to become the nation’s leader after a parliamentary vote on Oct 21. Read more at ...

Respected figure: Baroness Margaret Thatcher. Personal goal: To become Japan’s Iron Lady. It was only after two failed ...

Takaichi becomes the first female Prime Minister ever in the country's long history, and her victory will see the Liberal ...

Takaichi won 237 votes in the 465-seat lower house, securing her position as Japan’s first female prime minister ...

She said she met “the Iron Lady” at a symposium shortly before Thatcher’s death ... She has called for a hardline stance towards China, after Beijing this year marked the 80th anniversary of Japan’s ...

Staunch conservative Sanae Takaichi was elected Japan’s first female prime minister by parliament on Tuesday, in a landmark ...

Takaichi, an admirer of Margaret Thatcher, is a social conservative and faces a range of challenges in office.

A former economic security and interior minister, Ms Takaichi has repeatedly referred to the late British prime minister Margaret Thatcher as her political hero, citing her strong character and ...

Sanae Takaichi, a staunch conservative who admires Margaret Thatcher, became Japan's first woman prime minister on Tuesday, ...

Japan got its first woman prime minister on Tuesday after Sanae Takaichi, a China hawk and social conservative, forged an ...

Tokyo - Sanae Takaichi, a staunch conservative who admires Margaret Thatcher, is expected to become Japan's first woman prime ...