Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) exchanges smiles with Makiko Yamada, deputy director general for IT strategy at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, as he appoints her as the secretary to the prime minister at Abe's official residence in Tokyo November 29, 2013. Yamada, a female official at the economy ministry, has been named as secretary to Prime Minister Abe, the government's top spokesman said on Friday, marking her as the first woman to serve as a prime ministerial secretary in postwar Japan, Kyodo news reported. REUTERS/Yoshikazu Tsuno/Pool (JAPAN - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)