was the vice president of the Japan-China Friendship Parliamentarians' Union. Personal life On 18 December 2007, Machimura said at an official press conference that he believed in the existence of UFOs. On 1 June 2015, he died after a cerebral infarction at an hospital in Tokyo. Honours Junior Second Rank (1 June 2015; posthumous) References External links 1944 births 2015 deaths University of Tokyo alumni Wesleyan University alumni People from Numazu, Shizuoka Politicians from Hokkaido Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Education ministers of Japan Foreign ministers of Japan Japanese anti-communists Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians 21st-century Japanese politicians Culture ministers of Japan Technology ministers of Japan Government ministers of Japan Science ministers of Japan Speakers of the House of Representatives (Japan)