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Author says Japan’s 1995 war apology should stand

By Mari Yamaguchi
Published February 28, 2014 3:33am ET
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Author says Japan’s 1995 war apology should stand
In this July 26, 2011 photo, former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama speaks at a symposium in Beijing, China. Murayama said Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014 that the landmark 1995 war apology carrying his name is an international pledge that Japan must not change, amid speculation that the current conservative leaders want to revise it. During his rare public speech in Tokyo since his retirement in 2000, Murayama said that Japan should also keep another apology over forced prostitution before and during World War II, and urged Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to stand by both statements. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT | AP

TOKYO (AP) — Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama said Thursday that the landmark 1995 war apology carrying his name is an international pledge that Japan must not change, amid speculation that the current conservative leaders want to revise it.

Murayama said that Japan should also keep another apology over forced prostitution before and during World War II, and urged Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to stand by both statements.

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