Akie Abe
| Akie Abe | |
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| 安倍 昭恵 | |
Akie Abe in 2007
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| Spouse of the Prime Minister of Japan | |
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Assumed office 26 December 2012 |
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| Monarch | Akihito |
| Prime Minister | Shinzō Abe |
| Preceded by | Hitomi Noda |
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In office 26 September 2006 – 26 September 2007 |
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| Monarch | Akihito |
| Prime Minister | Shinzō Abe |
| Preceded by | Chieko Mori |
| Succeeded by | Kiyoko Fukuda |
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| Born |
松崎昭恵 (Matsuzaki Akie?) June 10, 1962 Tokyo, Japan |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic Party of Japan |
| Spouse(s) | Shinzō Abe |
| Relations | Akio Matsuzaki and Emiko Matsuzaki |
| Residence | Shimonoseki, Japan |
| Alma mater |
Sacred Heart Professional Training College Rikkyo University |
| Occupation |
Housewife Radio disc jockey |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Akie Abe (安倍 昭恵? Abe Akie, born June 10, 1962) is the wife of Shinzō Abe, the current Prime Minister of Japan.
Born Akie Matsuzaki (松崎 昭恵? Matsuzaki Akie), Akie is regarded as a socialite. 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. Abe later worked for Dentsu Inc., the world's largest advertising agency, before marrying Shinzo Abe in 1987. The couple have no children, having undergone unsuccessful fertility treatments earlier in their marriage.
In the late 1990s, Abe worked as a radio disc jockey in her husband's hometown of Shimonoseki. She was popular in the broadcast area and was known by her jockey name, "Akky".
Following her husband's first stint as prime minister, she opened an organic izakaya in the Kanda district of Tokyo, but was not active in management due to the urging of her mother-in-law. She received a master's degree in Social Design Studies from Rikkyo University in March 2011.
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