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 ...

If you believe the headlines, the noose around the neck of the Democratic Party of Japan-led government will be tightening following a lower house by-election defeat on Sunday. In the poll for the ...

Former Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura on Saturday signaled his intention to challenge Sadakazu Tanigaki in the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leadership election on Sept 26. Machimura told a ...

China on Sunday rebuffed Japanese demands to apologize for protests that damaged the Japanese Embassy and a consulate, while authorities allowed new demonstrations over Tokyo's wartime history and ...

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, ...

Former Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura revealed that he has ambitions to someday lead the nation, but said that as chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party's largest faction, his present ...

TOKYO, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Japan's top government spokesman said on Friday that declines in Tokyo stock prices do not reflect the nation's solid economic fundamentals. "The trend of the economy remains ...

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 ...