Background
She is from a wealthy Japanese family. Her father is the former president of Morinaga & Company, one of Japan"s largest confectionery companies.
安倍 昭恵
She is from a wealthy Japanese family. Her father is the former president of Morinaga & Company, one of Japan"s largest confectionery companies.
She was educated at Sacred Heart School in Tokyo (聖心女子学院, Seishin Joshi Gakuin), a Roman Catholic High & Middle School, then graduated from Sacred Heart Professional Training College (聖心女子専門学校, Seishin Joshi Gakuin Senmon Gakkō).
Born Akie Matsuzaki (松崎昭恵, Matsuzaki Akie), Akie is regarded as a socialite. Akie received a master"s degree in Social Design Studies from the Rikkyo University in March 2011. Abe later worked for Dentsu Incorporated., the world"s largest advertising agency, before marrying Shinzo Abe in 1987.
She is popularly known as the "domestic opposition party" due to her outspoken views, which often contradict her husband"son
Following her husband"s first stint as prime minister, she opened an organic izakaya in the Kanda district of Tokyo, but is not active in management due to the urging of her mother-in-law. 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, "". She is also a fan of South Korean soap operas and actors Bae Yong-joon and Park Yong-ha.
Abe is a supporter of sexual minorities and the LGBT community.
On April 27, 2014, she joined the gay pride parade in Tokyo to show her support for broader rights to Japan"s LGBT community.