As a society bound by tradition, change comes slowly to Japan. That includes opportunities for women in politics and government. But lately there's been a shake-up of the old order, with women ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Yuriko Koike says she went into politics to be a player, not a bystander. Now Tokyo's first female governor is shaking things up as her new "Party of Hope" challenges Prime ...

TOKYO – Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike easily won a third four-year term as head of Japan's influential capital in a closely watched vote Sunday, the city's residents apparently happy with her governance ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. For the second time since returning to the prime minister’s office in 2012, Shinzo ...

Japan’s self-styled governance reformers have attempted to knit themselves into Japan’s political fabric in different ways over the last 15 years. But up to now, the various waves of reformers have ...

An atmosphere of courtesy, mutual admiration and respect dominated a meeting in September 2016 between two of the most well-known female politicians in Japan. But on June 20, when the campaign for the ...

TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike easily won a third four-year term as head of Japan’s influential capital in a closely watched vote Sunday, the city’s residents apparently happy with her ...