Akie Abe: “It was a long time since I last met with Brigitte Macron, the First Lady, and we talked about nostalgic memories and such. 

“President Macron also offered me kind words. 

“The bonsai that Mrs. Brigitte had made previously was prepared, which moved me!”

Akie Abe is the widow of Shinzo Abe, who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2012 to 2020