It’s not often you see a politician giving up the security of his or her current seat to stand in a by-election. And it’s especially rare when the person risking potential political suicide is a ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Nobutaka Machimura is a Minister for Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Japan with five videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1990 Interview as a Member, ...

Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura lodged a formal protest with Chinese Ambassador Wang Yi on Sunday and demanded an apology for an anti-Japanese rally in Beijing the previous day that turned violent ...

Former speaker of Japanese House of Representatives Nobutaka Machimura died Monday in Tokyo of a stroke at the age of 70, local media reported. The bureaucrat-turned-lawmaker stepped down as lower ...

NAHA, Okinawa — Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura gave assurance to Okinawan leaders Saturday that the Japanese government is committed to reducing the U.S. military presence on Okinawa. He ...

Odds were in favour of the LDP heavyweight. We shouldn’t read too much into the DPJ’s defeat.

Japan Wednesday postponed a trilateral summit it was to host this month with South Korea and China because of Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's resignation. Dalai Lama stops in Japan on way to U.S. The ...