 Japanese Communist Party chairman Kazuo Shii also urged Abe to retain key aspects of the Murayama Statement and take appropriate action.In addition to this, Natsuo Yamaguchi, the leader of the junior Komeito party in Abe’s LDP-led coalition, said that the form of expression used in the Murayama Statement had significant meaning, thus any new statement must be capable of sending a similar message.Abe delivered his statement on August 14, 2015 on the 70th anniversary of Japan's defeat in World War II, causing much controversy especially in China and South Korea.