Tomiichi Murayama

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Tomiichi Murayama is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister in the mid-1990s and is particularly known for his landmark 1995 apology acknowledging Japan’s wartime aggression and colonial rule.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese politician
human
activeIn postwar Japanese politics
advocated acknowledgment of historical responsibility
reconciliation with Asian neighbors
coalitionPartners Liberal Democratic Party
New Party Sakigake
countryOfCitizenship Japan
dateOfBirth 1924-03-03
education Meiji University NERFINISHED
era Heisei
surface form: Heisei period
familyName Murayama NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork politics
givenName Tomiichi
honorificTitle former Prime Minister of Japan
house House of Representatives of Japan
ideology social democracy
knownFor 1995 apology for Japan’s wartime aggression and colonial rule
Murayama Statement of 1995
coalition government with the Liberal Democratic Party and New Party Sakigake
languageSpoken Japanese
legislativeBody Diet of Japan
madeStatementOn 1995-08-15
name Tomiichi Murayama self-link
nativeName 村山富市
notableEventDuringTerm Great Hanshin earthquake
surface form: Great Hanshin (Kobe) earthquake

Tokyo subway sarin attack
officeEndTime 1996-01-11
officeStartTime 1994-06-30
parliamentaryGroup Japan Socialist Party
placeOfBirth Japan
Ōita Prefecture NERFINISHED
politicalParty Japan Socialist Party
Japan Socialist Party
surface form: Social Democratic Party of Japan
positionHeld Chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Japan
Member of the House of Representatives of Japan
President of the Japan Socialist Party
Prime Minister of Japan
regionRepresented Ōita Prefecture NERFINISHED
religion Buddhism
replaced Tsutomu Hata
residence Japan
servedAs 81st Prime Minister of Japan
sexOrGender male
statementContent Expressed deep remorse and heartfelt apology for Japan’s colonial rule and aggression
statementSubject Japan’s colonial rule and aggression in the 20th century
succeededBy Ryutaro Hashimoto

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JSP notablePrimeMinister Tomiichi Murayama
subject surface form: Japan Socialist Party
Murayama hasNotableBearer Tomiichi Murayama
Ryutaro Hashimoto predecessor Tomiichi Murayama
Tomiichi Murayama name Tomiichi Murayama self-link