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Widow of Shinzo Abe (born )

The native form of this personal name is Abe Akie. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Akie Abe (安倍 昭恵, Abe Akie; née Matsuzaki; born 10 June ) is a Japanese radio DJ and the widow of Shinzo Abe, who served as Prime Minister of Japan from to and again from to

Early life

Akie was born Akie Matsuzaki (松崎 昭恵, Matsuzaki Akie).

She is from a wealthy Japanese family; her father is the former president of Morinaga & Co., one of Japan's largest confectionery companies.

She was educated at Sacred Heart School in Tokyo (or Seishin Joshi Gakuin), a Roman Catholic private elementary through high school, then graduated from Sacred Heart Professional Training College.

Akie later worked for Dentsu Inc., the world's largest advertising agency, before marrying Shinzo Abe in The couple had no children, having undergone unsuccessful fertility treatments earlier in their marriage.^[1] The