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Nobutaka Machimura (born 1944) is a Japanese politician. He is a member of the Japanese House of Representatives, has been elected to that position seven times, and is a member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. He has been the foreign minister of Japan since September 27 2004. His goals include signing a treaty with Russia resolving a border dispute, and investigating the whereabouts of Japanese hostages who were kidnapped by North Korean agents during the 1970s and 1980s.
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