To mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba wants to re-examine the origins of the ...

Tomiichi Murayama, who as prime minister issued a landmark statement of “remorse” for Japan’s actions in World War II, marked his 100th birthday on March 2, expressing his hope that the ...

Previous statements include then Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's 2005 statement for the 60th anniversary and then Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama's 1995 statement marking 50 years since the ...

Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama visited China on May 2-6, 1995 and toured the Memorial Hall of China's War of Resistance Against Japan in Beijing.

Our Tokyo editors talk about South Korean attitudes toward Japan's leader and more in this week's podcast.