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Tomiichi Murayama (村山 富市, Murayama Tomiichi, born 3 March 1924) is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1994 to 1996. He led the Japan Socialist Party, and was responsible for changing its name to the Social Democratic Party of Japan in 1996.
Murayama Tomiichi was a politician who in 1994–96 was the first Socialist prime minister of Japan since 1948. One of 11 children born to a fisherman, Murayama graduated from Meiji University in Tokyo in 1946 and then returned to Ōita, where he became an activist in the local fishermen’s union.
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Mar 3, 2024 · Murayama, who led Japan from 1994 to 1996, was born in Oita on March 3, 1924. He is the third prime minister in history to reach 100, and expressed his hope for Japan's peace in a statement issued by the Social Democratic Party.
Feb 7, 2022 · Tomiichi Murayama was born in Oita City of Oita Prefecture as a son of fisherman on 3 March 1924. Murayama entered Meiji University in 1943, and was mobilized and drafted into the infantry of the Imperial Japanese Army during the Asia Pacific War, during which he served as a sergeant.
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Prime Minister of Japan 1994–6 Japan's first Socialist Prime Minister for forty-seven years, he was plucked from relative obscurity in late 1993 to lead the Japan Socialist Party (JSP) after its crushing defeat in the July 1993 House of Representatives poll.
The Murayama Statement (村山談話, Murayama Danwa) was a political statement released by former Prime Minister of Japan Tomiichi Murayama on August 15, 1995, officially titled "On the Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the War's End" (戦後50周年の終戦記念日にあたっての村山内閣総理大臣談話, Sengo 50 Shūnen no Shūsen Kinenbi Niatatte no Murayama Naikaku-sōri-daijin Danwa ).
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Aug 15, 1995 · On the 50th anniversary of the war's end, Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama expressed his deep remorse and apology for Japan's colonial rule and aggression in Asia. He also vowed to promote peace, friendship and disarmament with other countries.
