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Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
May 24, 2023
Disaster deaths decline but damage rises on hotter planet
While deaths caused by disasters have decreased thanks to early warning systems, economic losses from extreme weather events turbo-charged by global warming have skyrocketed.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 16, 2023
Cyclone Mocha leaves thousands homeless in Bangladesh and Myanmar
There was less damage than predicted, but the Rohingya refugee camps on the coast of Bangladesh, where most live in simple shanties, were hit particularly hard.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 14, 2023
Powerful cyclone makes landfall in Myanmar and Bangladesh; 400,000 evacuated
Powerful Cyclone Mocha began crossing the Bangladesh and Myanmar coasts Sunday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 8, 2023
Worsening blackouts in junta-led Myanmar put economy at risk
Prolonged outages risk constraining manufacturing and in turn threatens to push more people into financial hardship.
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
JAPAN
Apr 27, 2023
Slain Japanese journalist's last Myanmar images shared 15 years after death
Kenji Nagai was shot when the military opened fire on protesters. Myanmar authorities said he was shot accidentally.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 12, 2023
Myanmar confirms deadly air strike as international outcry mounts
U.N. rights chief Volker Turk said he was 'horrified' by the deadly air strike, whose victims he said included schoolchildren performing dances.
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
MORE SPORTS
Mar 9, 2023
Myanmar traditional boxing packs a punch — also a kick and a headbutt
Traditional Lethwei tournaments are now in front of big crowds again following the pandemic.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Feb 22, 2023
Japan accepted over 2,300 Ukrainians last year. Is its refugee policy finally changing?
Many were surprised with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's decision to accept Ukrainians into the country given Tokyo has long held a strict definition of who is eligible for asylum.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 13, 2023
World should tip the scales in Myanmar’s civil war
With Myanmar's civil war having reached a stalemate, the international community should step in, recognize the civilian government and deliver weapons to its armed wing.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 2, 2023
Myanmar junta extends state of emergency, delaying elections
The country has been in turmoil since the army's power grab in 2021, and a subsequent crackdown on dissent has sparked fighting across swathes of the nation while tanking the economy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 1, 2023
Two years on, Myanmar coup takes a 'catastrophic toll'
The Feb. 1, 2021, coup, which unseated Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected government, has left a trail of upended lives in its wake.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 1, 2023
U.S. and allies mark anniversary of Myanmar coup with more sanctions
Washington imposed sanctions on the Union Election Commission, mining enterprises and energy officials, among others.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 31, 2023
Myanmar is a country between chaos and hopelessness
Nearly two years after a military coup and being increasingly out of the global spotlight, Myanmar has descended into an unending civil conflict.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 31, 2023
More bloodshed feared in Myanmar as junta plans election
Observers say the planned vote cannot be free and fair under the present circumstances and may be aimed only at justifying the junta's hold on power.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 27, 2023
Eight dead, including six Chinese nationals, after ship sinks near Japan
Two people from Myanmar were also among the dead after a ship sank around 110 kilometers west of the remote and uninhabited Danjo Islands in far southwestern Japan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 26, 2023
The world ignores Myanmar’s plight at its peril
Nearly two years on from a brutal military coup, the country has slid into civil war. A failed state in the heart of Asia benefits no one.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 25, 2023
Surging crime and bleak future push Rohingya in Bangladesh to risk lives at sea
An increasing number of Rohingya are now leaving Bangladesh for countries such as Malaysia and Indonesia via perilous boat journeys.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 11, 2023
Myanmar junta chief's family assets found in Thai drug raid, sources say
Title deeds and bankbooks belonging to Min Aung Hlaing's daughter and son were found at the home of Tun Min Latt, 53, when he was arrested in the Thai capital.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
'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.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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