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MYANMAR JAPAN

Refugees, who fled a flare-up in fighting between the Myanmar army and insurgent groups and settled temporarily on the Moei River bank, receive aid from Thailand on the Thai-Myanmar border, in Mae Sot, Thailand, in January 2022.
JAPAN
Feb 11, 2024
Japanese group strives to aid displaced Myanmar people
The Chit Chit Khin Khin Foundation has shipped rice, oil and vegetables to displaced people in three camps along the Thai border.
Members of the People's Defence Forces who became guerrilla fighters after being protesters are seen on the front line in Kawkareik, Myanmar, in December 2021.
JAPAN
Jan 11, 2024
Japan urged to proactively engage with Myanmar as China steps in
Mediation, which Beijing said brought a temporary ceasefire between the two sides in the country's northeast, has raised questions about Japan's Myanmar policy.
Zin Mar Aung, foreign minister of Myanmar's shadow civilian leadership, the National Unity Government, speaks in a meeting with Japanese lawmakers in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Nov 22, 2023
Myanmar shadow government urges more pressure on junta
Zin Mar Aung, the National Unity Government's foreign minister, is on a 12-day visit to Japan for meetings with Myanmar residents, among other plans.
Kyaw San Han in Tokyo. The former police officer in Myanmar fled to Japan last December.
JAPAN
Oct 15, 2023
Former police officer speaking out against Myanmar junta
"I wanted to change the police from inside by getting a position to train junior officers," Kyaw San Han said.
Saw Ba Hla Thein, the Japan representative of the National Unity Government of Myanmar (right), and Michihiro Ishibashi, a House of Councillors member from the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (second from right), attend a fundraising event in Tokyo for displaced people in Myanmar, on Saturday.
JAPAN
Oct 3, 2023
Myanmar residents of Japan vow to help people in homeland
Members of ethnic minority groups performed traditional music and dances and offered local dishes and crafts to showcase Myanmar's diversity.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 28, 2023
U.N. expert urges Japan to sanction Myanmar junta
Japan should sanction Myanmar as it has done for Russia over its Ukraine invasion, a United Nations expert said, slamming the junta's 'barbarism and oppression.'
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 29, 2023
Myanmar junta dissolves Suu Kyi’s party after poll boycott
The National League for Democracy was among 40 parties that failed to submit an application within the 60-day deadline required under a new law mandating registration for planned elections.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 28, 2022
Released Japanese filmmaker calls for greater scrutiny of Myanmar junta
Toru Kubota was arrested and detained in Myanmar for filming a small demonstration against the junta, but recently returned to Japan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 21, 2022
Japan needs to ratchet up pressure on Myanmar's junta
It's time for Tokyo to begin ending engagement with Myanmar's military government and others who commit and facilitate human rights atrocities.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2022
Japanese documentary filmmaker handed prison sentence in Myanmar
Toru Kubota was detained by authorities on July 30 while filming a protest against the military, which seized power from a democratically elected government in a February 2021 coup.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 25, 2022
Ex-Myanmar diplomat urges barring junta envoy from Abe funeral
A former diplomat dismissed by Myanmar's military junta for his opposition to last year's coup has criticized Japan for inviting the head of the Myanmar Embassy in Tokyo to former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's state funeral.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 23, 2022
Japan to stop Myanmar military training over executions
The decision to continue training military personnel after Myanmar's 2021 coup was heavily criticized by rights groups.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 12, 2022
Former Japan minister meets Myanmar junta leader after arrest of filmmaker
Hiromichi Watanabe, a lawmaker from the Liberal Democratic Party, also exchanged views with Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing on the situation in Myanmar, a state-run newspaper has reported.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 1, 2022
Japan demands early release of national detained in Myanmar
The Japanese Embassy in Myanmar said it has requested the release of the man in his 20s, reported to be documentary filmmaker Toru Kubota.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Jul 29, 2022
Execution of Myanmar democracy activists reveals junta's true colors
It is well past time for the community of nations to impose sanctions against Myanmar's military government and its key supporters after the execution of pro-democracy activists.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 19, 2022
Japan NPO aims to deliver for people suffering under Myanmar junta
The group of cross-party Japanese lawmakers will raise money to directly aid people in Myanmar while lobbying for a return to democracy.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 17, 2022
Myanmar shadow government seeks to engage Japan despite geopolitical issues
Some Japanese lawmakers are rallying behind the NUG, though Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's administration has yet to recognize it.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Feb 1, 2022
Japan sticks to quiet Myanmar diplomacy as companies are left in limbo
The aftermath of the coup continues to present Prime Minister Fumio Kishida with a formidable challenge, as he has identified human rights as a key diplomatic pillar.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 12, 2022
Japan praises Cambodian leader Hun Sen’s visit to Myanmar as bringing ‘progress’
While Japan has called on the junta to stop the violence and restore democracy, it wants to remain close to Myanmar as part of a strategy of countering China's influence.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 10, 2022
70% of Japanese firms to keep or expand business in Myanmar even after coup
A JETRO survey found 52.3% of businesses will maintain their current levels of operations in Myanmar and 13.5% will expand them, while 6.7% will withdraw from the country.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Over 40% of Japan's municipalities at risk of vanishing, study finds
Of 1,729 local municipalities nationwide, 744 have been identified as being at risk of disappearing.
Princess Aiko makes debut at imperial garden party
Princess Aiko attends an imperial garden party in Tokyo on Tuesday.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Japan's former PM Aso meets Trump for talks on security and economy
Former U.S. President Donald Trump and Taro Aso, vice president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, in New York on Tuesday. The Japanese government’s top spokesman on Wednesday played down the meeting as one conducted "in the capacity of one lawmaker" and “without the government’s involvement.”
For amateur sumo, a fresh start offers hope against time-wasting and gamesmanship
Wrestlers prepare for the start of a bout at the 2023 Sumo World Championships in Tokyo. Starting this month, placing one hand on the clay first is no longer allowed.
LDP veteran Nikai's youngest son expected to succeed him in Wakayama
Toshihiro Nikai, former secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party, announced in March that he would not run in the next Lower House election to take responsibility for the political funds scandal that rocked his party and his own faction.
New workers name Shohei Ohtani as 'dream boss' for two years running
Shohei Ohtani has been overwhelmingly voted as the “dream boss” for people who started working in April, according to a survey.
A craft beer crawl through Tokyo’s top bars, brewpubs and dives
If all you drink is Asahi, Sapporo and Kirin, you're depriving yourself of some of the best craft beer Tokyo has to offer — and there sure is a lot of it out there.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.

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