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Japan's Former PM Tomiichi Murayama, Famous For WW2 Apology, Dies Aged 101: Reports


(MENAFN- Khaleej Times)

Japan's former prime minister Tomiichi Murayama, famous for making a statement apologising over World War II, died Friday aged 101, media reports said.

Murayama, in office from 1994-1996, issued the 1995 statement on the 50th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, in which he expressed "deep remorse" over Japan's atrocities in Asia.

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