<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomiichi_Murayama" id="mwAh8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Tomiichi Murayama">Tomiichi Murayama</a>, Prime Minister of Japan, releases the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murayama_Statement" id="mwAiA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Murayama Statement">Murayama Statement</a>, which formally expresses remorse for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_war_crimes" id="mwAiE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Japanese war crimes">Japanese war crimes</a> committed during <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" id="mwAiI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War II">World War II</a>.<sup about="#mwt70" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-11"}}' id="cite_ref-11" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./August_15#cite_note-11" id="mwAiM" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 11;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAiQ">[11]</span></a></sup>
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