Former Foreign Minister and Lower House Speaker Nobutaka Machimura has died, a Diet source said Monday. He was 70.
Machimura, a member of the Liberal Democratic Party, stepped down as speaker April 20 after suffering a mild stroke. The bureaucrat-turned-lawmaker also held other key posts such as chief Cabinet secretary, foreign minister and education minister.
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