Akie Abe, widow of assassinated leader Shinzo Abe, set a new mold for Japanese first ladies
Tokyo (CNN)When Akie Matsuzaki married Shinzo Abe, then a rising political aide, in 1987, she followed a path well trodden by Japanese wives and gave up her job at the country’s largest advertising agency. But over more than three decades of marriage — including nine years as Japan’s first lady — she proved to …
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