Ex-Japanese PM Murayama, Known for War Remorse Statement, Dies
Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator 
Tokyo, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)--Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, one of the few Socialists ever to lead Japan and renowned for a landmark 1995 statement expressing remorse and apology for the nation's wartime actions, died on Friday. He was 101. He passed way from natural causes at a hospital in the southwestern city of Oita. Murayama, then chairman of the Social Democratic...
