India, Oct. 7 -- Akie Abe, the widow of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, was moved to tears in Varanasi on Wednesday as India and Japan opened a memorial corridor honouring her husband and his close friendship with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Akie Abe and Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath jointly inaugurated the 'Shinzo Abe Memorial Corridor' at the Rudraksh Convention Centre.

Aki Abe thanked Yogi for the memorial and expressed her gratitude to PM Modi and the people of India for inviting her to the event, held on the day Modi completed 25 years in public office.

"I was very happy to be invited to participate in this event," she said, news agency ANI reported. She recalled the affectionate relationship between Mo...