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

His televised address as prime minister, delivered 50 years to the day after Japan announced its surrender, set a marker for ...

Past visits by top leaders to Yasukuni, which honours convicted war criminals, have angered Japan's neighbours.

The aftermath of the Second World War was incredibly chaotic and missing Japanese soldiers that turned up years later weren’t ...

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

Japan’s former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, who was known for his 1995 “Murayama statement” apologizing to Asian victims ...

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

Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, who issued Japan’s landmark apology for wartime atrocities during World War ...

In the spring of 1945, intelligence officers from the US Army Air Forces received several unexpected reconnaissance images.

The phrases ‘deep remorse’ and ‘heartfelt apology’ became templates for Japanese leaders marking WWII anniversaries.