Nobutaka Machimura expressed that he came to visit China with the wish of improving China-Japan relations.

町村表示，我是抱着改善日中关系的愿望来中国访问的。

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Nobutaka Machimura indicated that he came to visit China with the wish of improving China-Japan relations.

町村表示，我是抱着改善日中关系的愿望来中国访问的。

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Nobutaka Machimura, Japan's chief cabinet secretary, reiterated that position yesterday. "There are systemic restrictions, " he said.

日本内阁官房长官町村信孝昨日重申了这一立场，并表示“存在着一些制度上的限制。”

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Those special advisers must get along with the new foreign minister, Nobutaka Machimura, who may not be content just to run the bureaucracy and make nice speeches.

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Nobutaka Machimura, the leader of the biggest faction, who had served for a month as Mr Abe's foreign minister, becomes Mr Fukuda's chief cabinet secretary and in effect government gatekeeper.

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