US president-elect Donald Trump hosted Akie Abe, the widow of slain former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, for a private dinner with his wife Melania Trump at their Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida on Sunday.
Trump met Abe, 62, during his first term as president, during which time her husband pursued a close relationship with him.
“It was a privilege to host Mrs. Akie Abe at Mar-a-Lago once again,” Melania Trump said in a post on the social network X.
“We fondly remembered her late husband, former Prime Minister Abe, and honoured his remarkable legacy.”
The post included a photo showing Abe standing between Melania and her husband, with the president-elect doing his characteristic thumbs-up pose.