Eyes shut tight with emotion, her staff bowing their heads in respect: This is how slain Japanese leader Shinzo Abe’s wife left their Tokyo home for his wake today.
Akie Abe, 60, was photographed with what seemed to be tears in her eyes as she sat in the front seat of the hearse carrying her husband’s body early Monday.
Akie, who was married to Abe for 35 years, accompanied the coffin to Tokyo’s Zojoji temple where a ‘tsuya’ ceremony will be held before a private funeral tomorrow.
Abe, 67 and…