Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Matsumoto babban jikan Itō Hirobumi ne, Firayim Ministan Japan na farko. Mahaifin Matsumoto, Juro Matsumoto, babban memba ne na Jam'iyyar Liberal Democratic Party kuma ya kasance Ministan Tsaro daga watan Agusta 1989 zuwa Fabrairu 1990. Matsumoto an zaba shi a matsayin Ministan Harkokin Waje na Japan a shekarar 2011 daga Firayim Minista Naoto Kan, bayan murabus din wanda ya gabace shi, Seiji Maehara, kwanaki biyu kacal kafin girgizar kasa da tsunami na 11 ga Maris
da kuma bala'in nukiliya na Fukushima I da ya biyo baya.