Key moments in life of Shinzo Abe, former Japanese leader

Japan's then Deputy Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party Shinzo Abe, right, celebrates with then Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, left, as the party won at an election of the House of Representatives in Tokyo in September 2005. In 2005, Abe was appointed chief cabinet secretary under Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, during which he leads negotiations to return Japanese citizens abducted to North Korea. (Kyodo News via AP)