JAPAN-POLITICS (01 of07)
Open Image ModalJapanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) poses for photographers with guests during a garden party to enjoy cherry blossoms hosted by the premier in Tokyo on April 9, 2016. \nSome 16,000 invited people from various fields gathered the annual spring party. / AFP PHOTO / TORU YAMANAKA (credit:AFP)
Japan Abe Cherry Blossom(02 of07)
Open Image ModalJapanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, center with a pink tie, chats with Japanese artists, entertainers, athletes and other guests during a cherry blossom viewing party hosted by Abe at Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden in Tokyo, Saturday, April 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
首相主催の「桜を見る会」 (03 of07)
Open Image Modal首相主催の「桜を見る会」で招待客らと写真に納まる安倍晋三首相(中央)=2016年4月9日午前、東京・新宿御苑 (credit:時事通信社)
JAPAN-POLITICS (04 of07)
Open Image ModalJapanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) poses for photographers with members of Japanese idol group Momoiro Clover Z and child actors during a garden party to enjoy cherry blossoms hosted by the premier in Tokyo on April 9, 2016. \nSome 16,000 invited people from various fields gathered the annual spring party. / AFP PHOTO / TORU YAMANAKA
Japan Abe Cherry Blossom(05 of07)
Open Image ModalJapanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, center, poses with members of Japanese girl pop group NGT48 during a cherry blossom viewing party hosted by Abe at Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden in Tokyo, Saturday, April 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Japan Abe Cherry Blossom(06 of07)
Open Image ModalJapanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, fourth right, chats with Japanese musician DAIGO, third right, as he stands with artists, entertainers, athletes and other guests during a cherry blossom viewing party hosted by Abe at Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden in Tokyo, Saturday, April 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Japan Abe Cherry Blossom(07 of07)
Open Image ModalJapanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, center left with a pink tie, and his wife Akie, center right in a light blue suit, pose for a group photo with Japanese artists, entertainers, athletes and other guests during a cherry blossom viewing party hosted by Abe at Tokyo\'s Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden in Tokyo, Saturday, April 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)