(CNN) -- While recent nationalist gestures from Japan's political rulers continue to rile neighbors South Korea and China, a former prime minister is aiming to make some amends in his own way. Tomiichi Murayama, who served as the nation's premier from 1994 to 1996, visited South Korea this week for a three-day visit, during which he met with former comfort women in Seoul. On Tuesday, the first day of the 89-year-old's trip, he attended an exhibition of art made by women who had endured sexual slavery at the hands of the Imperial Japanese Army. He was presented with an artwork entitled "Flower destroyed unbloomed" and shook the hands of the three former comfort women in attendance.
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Ex-Japanese P.M. met former comfort women during three-day visit to South Korea
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Murayama will not meet the country's president, who says she's too busy
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Former leader is perhaps best known for his 1995 apology to victims of Japanese aggression
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Tells Korean lawmakers that Abe will "ultimately uphold" 1995 Statement
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