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, ...

Tokyo however vowed it would keep its troops in the country on what it calls a reconstruction mission. An armed group in Iraq had on Wednesday threatened to behead Shosei Koda, 24, within 48 hours if ...

MACHIMURA FACTION 17 years ago Can Japan's LDP save itself? Tobias Harris 17 years ago The Aso cabinet circus Shiro Armstrong ...

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 ...