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 media report.
Shinzo Abe met Trump in 2016 before he was sworn in and maintained a good relationship with the U.S. leader throughout his first term as president. Akie Abe and her team are working to hold the meeting in Florida, home to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago mansion in Palm Beach, broadcaster FNN reported Wednesday.
On Thursday, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi declined to comment on the media report, saying Akie Abe is not a government official.
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