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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 6, 2021
Japan must use its special relationship with Myanmar to facilitate peace
Japan can play a unique role here. Tokyo has ties and contacts with the Tatmadaw, Aung San Suu Kyi and other domestic political forces and citizen groups in the country.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 6, 2021
Myanmar’s humanitarian crisis threatens to entangle neighbors
Myanmar's humanitarian crisis is now at a crossroads. The economy has collapsed and the banking system is on life support. The state is also ceasing to function due to the rising violence.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
May 4, 2021
Swimmer calls for expulsion of junta-led Myanmar from Olympics
Win Htet Oo, who posted an Olympic-eligible 50-meter freestyle time at the 2019 SEA Games, is boycotting the Tokyo Olympics in protest of the military rulers who seized power on Feb. 1.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 1, 2021
‘Now we are united’: Myanmar’s ethnic divisions soften after coup
Amid the resistance to military rule, some are saying that democracy can't flourish without respecting the minorities that have been persecuted for decades.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
May 1, 2021
Will ASEAN's actions match its tough talk on Myanmar?
ASEAN officials, speaking anonymously, said that Gen. Min Aung Hlaing was not treated like or addressed as Myanmar's head of state.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 30, 2021
Thousands of Myanmar villagers poised to flee violence to Thailand
Karen rebels and the Myanmar army have clashed near the Thai border in the weeks, displacing villagers in both nations.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 28, 2021
Myanmar unity government tells ASEAN no talks until prisoners are freed
The pro-democracy National Unity Government, formed this month by opponents of the military, said ASEAN should be engaging with it as the legitimate representative of the people.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 27, 2021
Fighting erupts in Myanmar as junta says it will 'consider' ASEAN plan
Southeast Asian leaders had said over the weekend they had reached a consensus with the junta on steps to end violence and promote dialogue between the rival Myanmar sides.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Apr 27, 2021
On Myanmar crisis, ASEAN pushes boundaries of 'noninterference'
The summit's concluding 'consensus statement' stretch the bounds of ASEAN's longstanding principle of noninterference in members' internal affairs.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 26, 2021
ASEAN changed Myanmar statement on release of political detainees, sources say
Language on freeing political prisoners was unexpectedly watered down and did not contain a firm call for their release.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 25, 2021
ASEAN to broker Myanmar talks in bid to end coup bloodshed
The plan is one of the most concrete moves yet aimed at ending months of violence since a Feb. 1 coup, which has seen the military regime kill hundreds of pro-democracy protesters.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 23, 2021
Amnesty urges probe of junta chief ahead of ASEAN summit on Myanmar
'As a state party to the U.N. Convention Against Torture, Indonesia has a legal obligation to prosecute or extradite,' Amnesty said in a statement.
China seizes disputed reef near key Philippine military outpost
China Coast Guard officers unfurl a national flag on Sandy Cay reef, near the Philippine-held Thitu Island, in disputed waters of the South China Sea this month in this screen shot taken from Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami
A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
California says it overtakes Japan to become world’s No. 4 economy
Vehicles travel along the 110 freeway in downtown Los Angeles. California's GDP has overtaken Japan's to become the world's fourth largest economy, according to the U.S. state.
Arunima Mazumdar: ‘Japanese literature has a niche but deeply engaged readership in India’
Arunima Mazumdar, a New Delhi-based communications professional, began sharing her love of Japanese literature online in 2022. The platform has grown into a robust community known as Dokusha Book Club.
Counting the reasons why there are so few American cars in Japan
Tesla's store in Tokyo's Shibuya district. While sales of American cars in Japan appear to be shrinking, Tesla's presence in the country is growing.
Counting the reasons why there are so few American cars in Japan
Tesla's store in Tokyo's Shibuya district. While sales of American cars in Japan appear to be shrinking, Tesla's presence in the country is growing.
Nearly half of workers in Japan engage in ‘quiet quitting’
"Quiet quitting" is most common among the younger generation, with 46.7% of respondents to a survey in their 20s identifying with the practice, reflecting a less-motivated workforce more focused on work-life balance.
U.S. secretary of the navy weighs ‘dual-use’ shipbuilding with Japan
John Phelan at a Senate confirmation hearing for U.S. secretary of the navy in Washington in February
Expo '25 gives the world a masterclass in mascots
2025 Osaka Expo mascot Myaku-Myaku dances on the stage during the event's official opening ceremony on April 12.
Japan struggles with gray zone of AI deepfakes exploiting children
AI-generated content — including those made using pictures of real people, which are known as “deepfakes” — is not explicitly covered under Japan's current legal framework, nor are human-drawn illustrations that depict child abuse.

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