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Abe uses prompter for the first time

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shizo Abe uses a prompter for the first time at a news conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2013, after summit talks among leaders of Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

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Japan-ASEAN summit in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shizo Abe proposes a toast during a dinner party at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2013, after summit talks among leaders of Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. (Pool photo)

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Japan-ASEAN summit in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shizo Abe (C) joins hands with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung (L), Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah (2nd from L), Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen (2nd from R) and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for a photo at the State Guest House in Tokyo on Dec. 14 before their summit talks. (Pool photo)

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Mekong-Japan summit in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of Japan and five Mekong basin countries -- (from L to R) Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Laotian Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong, Japanese Prime Minister Shizo Abe, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and Thai Deputy Prime Minister Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan -- pose for a group photo before their talks at the State Guest House in Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2013. The Mekong-Japan summit was held on the sidelines of the summit of leaders of Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. (Pool photo)

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Japan-ASEAN summit in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shizo Abe (R) speaks at a summit of leaders of Japan and the Association of Southeast Asia Nations at the State Guest House in Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2013, with Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah (L) sitting next to him. (Pool photo)

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Prime Minister Abe admitted to Tokyo hospital

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the media gather in front of Keio University Hospital in Tokyo on Sept. 13 where Prime Minister Shizo Abe was admitted.

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Ex-environment minister Wakabayashi appointed as farm minister

TOKYO, Japan - Former Environment Minister Masatoshi Wakabayashi speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 3 after being appointed by Prime Minister Shizo Abe as new agriculture, forestry and fisheries minister to replace Takehiko Endo. Earlier in the day, Endo submitted his resignation to Abe over the misuse of farm subsidies.

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Lesotho's Prime Minister Mosisili talks with Abe

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting Lesotho Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shizo Abe shake hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Aug. 8 prior to their talks.

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Hiroshima marks 62nd anniversary of atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Prime Minister Shizo Abe offers flowers at the cenotaph for A-bomb victims at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on Aug. 6 during a ceremony to mark 62nd anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city toward the end of World War II.

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Japan's first lady opens up to New York audience

NEW YORK, United States - Akie Abe, wife of Prime Minister Shizo Abe, gives a speech in New York, the United States, on Sept. 24, 2014. She shared her experiences in the limelight and thoughts on creating a more inclusive society with the audience at the Japan Society there.

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Japan, Brazil reaffirm need for U.N. Security Council reform

BRASILIA, Brazil - Visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shizo Abe speaks to reporters at the Planalto Presidential Palace in Brasilia on Aug. 1, 2014, after talks with Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff.

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Japan, Brazil reaffirm need for U.N. Security Council reform

BRASILIA, Brazil - Visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shizo Abe (L) and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff shake hands at the Planalto Presidential Palace in Brasilia on Aug. 1, 2014, after a joint news conference.

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Japan, Brazil reaffirm need for U.N. Security Council reform

BRASILIA, Brazil - Visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shizo Abe (L) and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff shake hands at the Planalto Presidential Palace in Brasilia on Aug. 1, 2014, prior to their talks.

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Japanese PM Abe visits Australia mining heartland

PILBARA, Australia - Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shizo Abe visit Rio Tinto's West Angelas iron ore mine in the Pilbara region of Western Australia on July 9, 2014. Abe is in Australia on the second leg of a three-nation trip to Oceania.

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Japanese PM Abe visits Australia mining heartland

PILBARA, Australia - Japanese Prime Minister Shizo Abe (L), along with Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, visits Rio Tinto's West Angelas iron ore mine in the Pilbara region of Western Australia on July 9, 2014. Abe is in Australia on the second leg of a three-nation trip to Oceania.

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Japanese PM Abe visits Australia mining heartland

PILBARA, Australia - Japanese Prime Minister Shizo Abe speaks during his visit to Rio Tinto's West Angelas iron ore mine in the Pilbara region of Western Australia on July 9, 2014. Abe is in Australia on the second leg of a three-nation trip to Oceania.

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Japanese PM Abe visits Australia mining heartland

PILBARA, Australia - Japanese Prime Minister Shizo Abe (2nd from R), along with Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, visits Rio Tinto's West Angelas iron ore mine in the Pilbara region of Western Australia on July 9, 2014. Abe is in Australia on the second leg of a three-nation trip to Oceania.

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Sumo association trying to attract youth of Net generation

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shizo Abe (R) speaks during a Niconico Chokaigi 3 talk event at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba, Chiba Prefecture on April 26, 2014.

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Sumo association trying to attract youth of Net generation

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in April 2013 shows attendees listening to Prime Minister Shizo Abe's remarks during a Niconico Chokaigi 2 debate event at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba, Chiba Prefecture.

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Abe inspects maglev train test line with Kennedy

TSURU, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shizo Abe (C) ride a magnetically levitated train on the test line of Central Japan Railway Co. in Yamanashi Prefecture on April 12, 2014. Abe, who offered support for the United States to introduce maglev technology in a meeting with President Barack Obama in February last year, invited Kennedy to join the inspection of the train. (Pool photo by Yomiuri Shimbun)

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Abe inspects maglev train test line with Kennedy

TSURU,Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shizo Abe ride a magnetically levitated train on the test line of Central Japan Railway Co. in Yamanashi Prefecture on April 12, 2014. Abe, who offered support for the United States to introduce maglev technology in a meeting with President Barack Obama in February last year, invited Kennedy to join the inspection of the train. (Pool photo by Yomiuri Shimbun)

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Abe inspects maglev train test line with Kennedy

TSURU, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (2nd from R) and Japanese Prime Minister Shizo Abe (4th from R) are briefed on a magnetically levitated train system before boarding a train on the test line of Central Japan Railway Co. in Yamanashi Prefecture on April 12, 2014.

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Abe inspects maglev train test line with Kennedy

TSURU, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (R) and Japanese Prime Minister Shizo Abe (C) are briefed on a magnetically levitated train system before boarding a train on the test line of Central Japan Railway Co. in Yamanashi Prefecture on April 12, 2014.

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Abe inspects maglev train test line with Kennedy

TSURU, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (R) and Japanese Prime Minister Shizo Abe (3rd from R) are briefed on a magnetically levitated train system before boarding a train on the test line of Central Japan Railway Co. in Yamanashi Prefecture on April 12, 2014.

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PM Abe holds cherry blossom viewing

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shizo Abe (R in front) poses with guests invited to a cherry blossom-viewing party at Shinjyuku Gyoen National Garden in Tokyo on April 12, 2014. About 10,000 people from the political, business, sports and entertainment worlds were invited to the party hosted by the prime minister.

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MSDF vessel sinks fishing boat, 2 in critical condition

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2014, after talking with Prime Minister Shizo Abe about the collision between the Maritime Self-Defense Force transport vessel Osumi and a leisure fishing boat. Abe instructed Onodara to cooperate with the Japan Coast Guard in investigating the cause of the collision.

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Prime Minister Abe playing golf

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shizo Abe plays golf in the city of Chigasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Dec. 29, 2013. Abe will end this year's official duties on Dec. 30 by attending the year-end trading session at Tokyo Stock Exchange. Abe is scheduled to hold his first press conference of next year on Jan. 6 after visiting Ise Shrine in Ise, Mie Prefecture.

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Okinawa seen closer to approving landfill for U.S. base relocation

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shizo Abe speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 25, 2013, after talks with Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima about a central government request for landfill work to relocate a key U.S. military base within the island prefecture. Nakaima appeared set to approve the request on Dec. 27.

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Okinawa seen closer to approving landfill for U.S. base relocation

TOKYO, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 25, 2013, after talks with Prime Minister Shizo Abe about a central government request for landfill work to relocate a key U.S. military base within the island prefecture. Nakaima appeared set to approve the request on Dec. 27.

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Abe's hold on power in doubt as LDP heads for crushing defeat

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shizo Abe (L), who doubles as president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, looks downcast at the LDP's headquarters in Tokyo on July 29, as LDP Secretary General Hidenao Nakagawa wipes the sweat from his brow beside him. The coalition led by Abe appears to be set for a major setback in the day's House of Councillors election.

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Koike becomes 1st female Japanese defense minister

TOKYO, Japan - Newly appointed Defense Minister Yuriko Koike (L) poses with Prime Minister Shizo Abe at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 4.

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Koike becomes 1st female Japanese defense minister

TOKYO, Japan - Newly appointed Defense Minister Yuriko Koike (R) is attested by Emperor Akihito (L) at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on July 4 with Prime Minister Shizo Abe (C) looking on.

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Defense Minister Kyuma steps down

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Fumio Kyuma speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 3 after meeting with Prime Minister Shizo Abe to submit his resignation. Kyuma has been under fire over his remarks he made on June 30 about the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.

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Defense Minister Kyuma steps down

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Fumio Kyuma is surrounded by reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 3 after meeting with Prime Minister Shizo Abe to submit his resignation. Kyuma has been under fire over his remarks he made on June 30 about the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.

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Panel proposes holding school classes on Saturday

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shizo Abe (L) receives a proposal report for educational reforms from Ryoji Noyori, a Nobel chemistry laureate who heads the government education reform panel, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 1.

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Abe, Wen meet to build strategic ties, eye economic unity

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao (3rd from L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shizo Abe (2nd from R) hold summit talks at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 11. (Pool photo)

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Georgian President Mikhail Saakashivili talks with Abe

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting Georgian President Mikhail Saakashivili (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shizo Abe shake hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on March 8 prior to their talks.

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Japanese athletes headed to Deaflympic meet Abe

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese athletes taking part in the 16th Winter Deaflympics, to be held in Salt Lake City in the United States Feb. 1-10, meet Prime Minister Shizo Abe (C) at his office on Jan. 24.

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Japan urges N. Korea to return abductees, warns of further steps

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki (L) and Kyoko Nakayama, a special adviser to Prime Minister Shizo Abe on the North Korean abduction issue, speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 16 after an inaugural meeting of the government task force on the issue.

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Opposition DPJ criticizes Abe's 'nationalist' bent at Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Yukio Hatoyama, secretary general of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, questions Prime Minister Shizo Abe about his policy speech at a plenary session of the House of Representatives on Oct. 2 as Abe listens behind him.

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Opposition DPJ criticizes Abe's 'nationalist' bent at Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Yukio Hatoyama, secretary general of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, questions Prime Minister Shizo Abe about his policy speech at a plenary session of the House of Representatives on Oct. 2 as Abe listens behind him. (Kyodo)

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Japan urges N. Korea to return abductees, warns of further steps

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki (L) and Kyoko Nakayama, a special adviser to Prime Minister Shizo Abe on the North Korean abduction issue, speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 16 after an inaugural meeting of the government task force on the issue. (Kyodo)

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Japanese athletes headed to Deaflympic meet Abe

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese athletes taking part in the 16th Winter Deaflympics, to be held in Salt Lake City in the United States Feb. 1-10, meet Prime Minister Shizo Abe (C) at his office on Jan. 24. (Kyodo)

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Japanese athletes headed to Deaflympic meet Abe

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese athletes taking part in the 16th Winter Deaflympics, to be held in Salt Lake City in the United States Feb. 1-10, meet Prime Minister Shizo Abe (C) on Jan. 24. (Kyodo)

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Georgian President Mikhail Saakashivili talks with Abe

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting Georgian President Mikhail Saakashivili (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shizo Abe shake hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on March 8 prior to their talks. (Kyodo)

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Abe, Wen meet to build strategic ties, eye economic unity

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao (3rd from L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shizo Abe (2nd from R) hold summit talks at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 11. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Panel proposes holding school classes on Saturday

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shizo Abe (L) receives a proposal report for educational reforms from Ryoji Noyori, a Nobel chemistry laureate who heads the government education reform panel, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 1. (Kyodo)

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Defense Minister Kyuma steps down

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Fumio Kyuma is surrounded by reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 3 after meeting with Prime Minister Shizo Abe to submit his resignation. Kyuma has been under fire over his remarks he made on June 30 about the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. (Kyodo)

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Defense Minister Kyuma steps down

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Fumio Kyuma speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 3 after meeting with Prime Minister Shizo Abe to submit his resignation. Kyuma has been under fire over his remarks he made on June 30 about the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. (Kyodo)

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Koike becomes 1st female Japanese defense minister

TOKYO, Japan - Newly appointed Defense Minister Yuriko Koike (L) poses with Prime Minister Shizo Abe at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 4.