Akie, the wife of Shizo Abe, is reported to have been a radio DJ.

Her father is a former president of Morinaga & Co., one of the biggest confectionery firms in Japan.

Shinzo Abe wife: Who is Akie Abe?

She completed her education at Sacred Heart Professional Training College after attending Sacred Heart School in Tokyo.

Later, Abe worked for Dentsu, a Japanese public relations and advertising agency with offices across the world.

It ranks sixth globally and is the biggest advertising firm in Japan.

She married Shinzo Abe in 1987, and in Shimonoseki, her husband’s hometown, in the 1990s she started working as a radio broadcaster.

She rose to fame in the broadcast industry and is also known as Akky among her fans.

Akie Abe, a well-known advocate for the LGBTQIA+ community, participated in a homosexual pride parade in Tokyo in 2014 to show her support for the group.

The couple is known to have undertaken reproductive treatments because they are childless.

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