For most of her life, Sanae Takaichi has loved heavy metal. As Japan’s first female leader, she has many reasons to reach for her sticks ...

It is the bloc’s first expansion since the 1990s; Kamala Harris says she expects a woman will be president in the coming ...

Francisco Pinto Balsemão, who as prime minister helped guide Portugal's new democracy after years of dictatorship -- and who was later head of the country's largest private media group, Impresa -- ...

Sanae Takaichi becomes Japan's first female prime minister, citing Margaret Thatcher as inspiration while promising to ...

New book reveals Margaret Thatcher 'had two affairs' while married to husband Denis. The book says that Mrs Thatcher had two affairs, the first in her early days as an MP and the second with a fellow ...

The play, Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho, is based on an alternate reality around the introduction of Section 28 – ...

Journal Editorial Report: A call to return to the ‘warrior ethos.’ Japan may soon have another Prime Minister after Sanae Takaichi this weekend won the race to lead the (barely) ruling Liberal ...

TOKYO, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Sanae Takaichi came out top in a male-dominated race to lead Japan's ruling party on Saturday, putting her on course to emulate her hero, former British leader Margaret ...

Sebastian Maslow does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Gearoid Reidy is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering Japan and the Koreas. He previously led the breaking news team in North Asia, and was the Tokyo deputy bureau chief. Japan is set to have its ...

Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected leader of Japan's ruling party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), holds a press conference after the LDP presidential election in Tokyo, Japan, October 4, 2025.

The once dominant British political party has been outflanked by Reform, a right-wing populist rival. At the Tory annual conference, attendance was sparse. By Mark Landler Reporting from Manchester, ...