Tomiichi Murayama

30 Jan 2013

Xi made the comment as relations between Beijing and Tokyo remained strained amid a territorial dispute over a group of islands in the East China Sea.Xi's remarks also came as hawkish Japanese...

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Ex-ambassador Uichiro Niwa calls Japan too quick to buy Diaoyus

29 Jan 2013

Uichiro Niwa, Tokyo's former ambassador to Beijing, has criticised the Japanese government for rushing into the purchase of the disputed Diaoyu Islands and appealed to both China and Japan to...

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Former Japanese leader Tomiichi Murayama arrives in Beijing

29 Jan 2013

Murayama, 88, became the third senior Japanese political figure to visit China in two weeks, with both sides stepping up diplomatic efforts amid fears that armed clashes could erupt over control...

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Japan dismisses apology call

2 Mar 2000

Japan has rejected legislators' claims it failed to apologise for war atrocities.

In a stern letter to Legco, the Consulate-General of Japan expressed concern that its position had...

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Misfortunes take toll on officialdom

12 Jan 1997

EVER since the devastation of Kobe's 1994 earthquake Japan has faced increasing criticism domestically and internationally for its inability to cope efficiently with disaster.

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Neighbours wait in vain for tokens of contrition

16 Aug 1996

It is now 51 years on and Japan still has not put the ghosts of its war years behind it.

Pride in their nation seems to make it nigh on impossible for all too many Japanese to accept...

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Opinion

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Barry Cheung makes waves in Moscow

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Murayama urges China to stop testing

JAPANESE Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama yesterday urged China to stop nuclear testing, at one of a series of bilateral meetings held in Osaka before the main APEC meeting tomorrow. China has...

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Time to tell the truth

IT is only natural that many in Asia should feel so cynical about Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama's belated apology for the atrocities Japan committed during World War II.

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Premier places continuity ahead of innovation

CONTINUITY, rather than innovation, was the theme of Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama's Cabinet reshuffle yesterday.

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Raised voices seek apology

AS protests go, this march was not having much of an impact.

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Murayama's expressions of regret 'too late'

RESIDENTS of the little walled town by Marco Polo Bridge were unimpressed by the historic visit of Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama.

'What's he doing here?' said Mrs Liu,...

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Chance for generosity

JAPAN'S Prime Minister, Tomiichi Murayama, who started a visit to Beijing yesterday, faces a twofold task. First, he must seek to heal the wounds of the past, wounds inflicted by wartime...

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