Here’s how the LDP leader remade Japan’s ruling coalition to become the country’s first female Prime Minister.

In a post on X, Modi said he discussed with Takaichi their shared vision for advancing the India–Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership.

Japan ranks low in gender equality among developed nations. The first woman to lead the country is an ultraconservative who cites Margaret Thatcher as a role model. She also loves heavy metal.

Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi and US President Donald Trump reaffirmed their commitment to bolster defence cooperation and maintain Indo-Pacific peace. Addressing US troops at Yokosuka Naval Base, Takaichi vowed to reinforce Japan’s defence posture amid rising regional tensions and China’s assertiveness

President Donald Trump gave a speech to sailors on an aircraft carrier in Japan. He said he will send "more than the National Guard" into American cities.

Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will nominate President Donald Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize, press secretary Leavitt said.

In 1977, Sakie Yokota’s then-13-year-old daughter Megumi was abducted to North Korea from Japan’s northern coast on her way home from school. Yokota said she hopes for progress on the issue and thanked Trump for pledging his support.

TRUMP IN JAPAN: President Donald Trump is in Japan, the second stop of his three-country tour of Asia. He met with newly elected Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi this morning, and will soon address U.S. troops on board the USS George Washington.