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Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama poses in front of portraits of former leaders of his Social Democratic Party after an interview with Reuters at the party headquarters in Tokyo March 10, 2015. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

Socialist PM Murayama issued landmark apology for Japan's wartime deeds

Murayama, however, will be remembered mainly for the statement he issued on 15 August, 1995, using unprecedented language to apologise for his nation's actions during a conflict that left a...

Dan Price, CEO of Gravity Payments, made waves when he announced he would raise minimum wage for all his employees to $70,000 in 2015 (Hayley Vogt/Flickr CC via The Independent)

Company flourishes after CEO give workers a $70k minimum wage as right-wing media calls him a ‘socialist’

US Sen. Bernie Sanders greets supporters after speaking at a campaign rally in Denver on Feb. 16, during his run to be the Democratic nominee for president. Photo: Foreign Policy/Getty Images

Democratic socialists lost, but their ideas have won