Condolences in South Korea over the death of former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama: President Lee mentions the ”Murayama Statement” as having ”impressed the people of neighboring countries”
Condolences in South Korea over the death of former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama: President Lee mentions the ”Murayama Statement” as having ”impressed the people of neighboring countries”
He served as the 81st Prime Minister of the coalition government of the Liberal Democratic Party, the Social Democratic Party, and the New Party Sakigake, which was formed in 1994, and in 1995 issued the "Murayama Statement," which officially apologized for Japan's prewar occupation of the Korean Peninsula.
