He assassinated Japan’s most successful politician ever. But now, he seems to have won over public opinion. What happened?

The daughter of a wealthy Japanese family, she married Shinzo Abe in 1987 and rose to prominence during his terms as prime minister of Japan, first from 2006 to 2007, and then again from 2012 to 2020.

President-elect Donald Trump is reportedly set to have a private dinner on Sunday with Akie Abe at Mar-a-Lago, the widow of the former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated in 2022.

WASHINGTON — US president-elect Donald Trump hosted Akie Abe, the widow of slain former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, for a private dinner with his wife Melania Trump at their Mar-a-Lago ...

US president-elect Donald Trump hosted Akie Abe, the widow of slain former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, for a private dinner with his wife Melania Trump at their Mar-a-Lago residence in ...

Akie Abe, the widow of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, plans to travel to the United States this weekend in the hopes of arranging a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump, according to a ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — US president-elect Donald Trump hosted Akie Abe, the widow of slain former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, for a private dinner with his wife Melania Trump at their Mar-a-Lago ...

NARA--Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest serving postwar prime minister, died on July 8 after being shot while giving a speech in Nara. His death was confirmed at 5:03 p.m. by the Nara Medical ...

PALM BEACH, Florida (Kyodo) -- U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday met with Akie Abe, the widow of slain former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida ...

This file photo shows from left, Akie Abe, then Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, then U.S. President Donald Trump and Melania Trump before a dinner meeting in Palm Beach, Florida, in February 2017.