Former Japanese prime minister Tomiichi Murayama speaks during a meeting to "bury the 'Security Bills'" in Tokyo, Japan, July 23, 2015. Former Japanese prime minister Tomiichi Murayama took the opportunity of the 50th anniversary of the end of WWII in 1995 to give a heartfelt apology for the damage and pain militarist Japan inflicted upon its Asian neighbors. (Xinhua/Stringer)
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91-year-old ex-PM Murayama on street against Japan's security bills
TOKYO, July 23 (Xinhua) -- Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, 91, on Thursday addressed several hundreds of protesters on the street near the country's Diet building opposing a series of controversial security bills pushed forward by the government here.
Murayama said the Japanese war-renouncing Constitution protect Japan from any armed conflicts in the past 70 years since the end of the World War II, adding the security bills will damage the country's pacifism. Full story
