WebAkie Abe ( 安倍 昭恵, Abe Akie; née Matsuzaki; born 10 June 1962) is a Japanese radio DJ and the widow of Shinzo Abe, who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2012 to 2020. Early life. Akie with Shinzo Abe, 19 May 2017. Abe with Juliana Awada, First Lady of Argentina, November 2018.