Ryōko Akamatsu (, Hepburn: ; 24 August 1929 – 7 February 2024) was a Japanese politician. She was

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in the Hata Cabinet and

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. She was ambassador of Japan to Uruguay from 1986 to 1989. Akamatsu died on 7 February 2024, at the age of 94.

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