Tomiichi Murayama, Japan's prime minister from 1994, was best known for the "Murayama Statement," an apology delivered on the ...

Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama has died at age 101 in his home city of Oito. He was prime minister from ...

Japan's former prime minister Tomiichi Murayama, best known for making a statement apologising over World War II, died Friday ...

Tomiichi Murayama, Japan's former prime minister known for his landmark apology over World War II, died on Friday at age 101.

Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, who passed away at 101, is best remembered for issuing Japans landmark ...

Japan’s former prime minister Tomiichi Murayama, best known for his historic apology over Japan’s wartime actions, has died at the age of 101. Murayama passed away at a hospital in his hometown of ...

Murayama issued the 1995 proclamation on the 50th anniversary of Japan's surrender, expressing "deep remorse" over the ...

Japan's former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, who was known for his 1995 Murayama statement apologising to Asian victims ...

Tokyo: Japan s former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama passed away today at the age of 101. Murayama served as head of a ...

Mr Murayama is best known for his 1995 statement, apologising for his country’s aggression during the Second World War.

Known for his landmark apology for Japan's World War II aggression and the phrases "deep remorse" and "heartfelt apology", Tomiichi Murayama has died at a hospital in Oita City.

As head of what was then known as the Japan Socialist Party, Murayama led a coalition government from June 1994 to January 1996.