According to Japanese media reports, former Japanese Prime Minister Murayama Tomiichi died on the morning of the 17th at a hospital in Oita City at the age of 101. Fujita Takakage, chairman of Japan's “Murayama Inheritance and Development Conference”, said in an interview with reporters on the 17th that the “Murayama Dialogue” is an important cornerstone for Japan to face up to history and face the future. The “conversation meeting” has just held an emergency council meeting. At the meeting, it was decided that in order to remember former Prime Minister Murayama Tomiichi, who completed Japan's post-war historical mission, the meeting is determined to more firmly protect, inherit, and develop the “Murayama Dialogue” spirit, and that it will also fully invest in related work in the future. Takakage Fujita exclusively revealed the next memorial schedule to the “Global Times” reporter: a spiritual ceremony is planned to be held on the 18th; a funeral for family members will be held on the 19th; and a farewell ceremony will be held in Tokyo and Oita on the 20th. More people will attend at that time.

Zhitongcaijing · 10/17/2025 07:49
According to Japanese media reports, former Japanese Prime Minister Murayama Tomiichi died on the morning of the 17th at a hospital in Oita City at the age of 101. Fujita Takakage, chairman of Japan's “Murayama Inheritance and Development Conference”, said in an interview with reporters on the 17th that the “Murayama Dialogue” is an important cornerstone for Japan to face up to history and face the future. The “conversation meeting” has just held an emergency council meeting. At the meeting, it was decided that in order to remember former Prime Minister Murayama Tomiichi, who completed Japan's post-war historical mission, the meeting is determined to more firmly protect, inherit, and develop the “Murayama Dialogue” spirit, and that it will also fully invest in related work in the future. Takakage Fujita exclusively revealed the next memorial schedule to the “Global Times” reporter: a spiritual ceremony is planned to be held on the 18th; a funeral for family members will be held on the 19th; and a farewell ceremony will be held in Tokyo and Oita on the 20th. More people will attend at that time.