Japan ranks low in gender equality among developed nations. The first woman to lead the country is an ultraconservative who ...

Sanae Takaichi must decide whether to break with centuries of tradition and step into the ring to present a trophy ...

The rise of women on the right is intriguing. It may also be short-lived. The steady growth of the number of women in ...

Sanae Takaichi became Japan's first female prime minister Tuesday. Her election comes at a time of upheaval in Japanese politics.

(CNN) — Three days after being excluded from a press conference fronted by Taliban’s foreign minister in India, women journalists took their seats in a powerful show of force to question him about the ...

It was “sobering” that for many women the most important change needed to feel equal to men was to be “safe from violence”, ...