Japan has named a new Foreign Minister, Takeaki Matsumoto, at a challenging time for ties with China and Russia.

在与中国、俄罗斯关系紧张之际，日本任命松本刚明为新任外务部大臣。

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Better known as "hide" (pronounced hee-day, and with a small h), Matsumoto played lead guitar with the now-defunct rock group X Japan - a five-member band that had a passionate following among teenagers, but which most adults had never even heard of.

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