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Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 28, 2013
Myanmar refugees arrive via U.N. resettlement plan
Four families from Myanmar arrived Friday night in Tokyo on a pilot U.N. refugee resettlement program introduced in fiscal 2010.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 16, 2013
NPO offers medical services to Myanmar
A group of doctors, nurses and volunteers from Japan are providing medical services in Sagaing, Myanmar.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Aug 16, 2013
Myanmar strategy to get rethink after failed infrastructure bids
Japan is going to have to rethink its strategy for opening business opportunities in Myanmar, one of the last untapped markets in Asia, as Japanese consortia have failed to win international tenders to develop the country's infrastructure.
BUSINESS
Aug 14, 2013
Ota meets Myanmar president
Visiting Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Akihiro Ota has met with Myanmar President Thein Sein at the Presidential Palace in Naypyitaw, state media reported Tuesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 28, 2013
Taking stock of Burma, Japan and 'pivot to Asia'
Hope and change remain alive in Burma even as serious concerns continue about human rights violations and growing internal religious and ethnic tensions.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 12, 2013
Is Obama rolling the dice too fast on Myanmar?
Has U.S. President Barack Obama's administration been too quick to embrace Myanmar's democratic path, or is such support essential to the fledgling reform process?
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 23, 2013
23-year-old pitcher from Myanmar to play for team in Kagawa Prefecture
A pitcher from Myanmar has been signed by a baseball team in Kagawa Prefecture, possibly making him the first player from the Southeast Asian country to join a foreign baseball league.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 12, 2013
Has Myanmar's moment come at last?
Can investing in Myanmar live up to the soaring expectations? There are major uncertainties, and Myanmar cannot rely on energy and mining alone.
COMMENTARY / World / COUNTERPOINT
Jun 9, 2013
Everything under heaven: Big China rattles region
China's neighbors may have half-believed Beijing's previous "smile diplomacy" and frequent reassurances that its rise posed no threat to regional peace and stability — but now everyone understands what hegemonic aspirations look like.
JAPAN
Jun 8, 2013
Myanmar set to air NHK dramas 'Carnation,' 'Atsuhime'
NHK said Thursday a Myanmar TV station will start airing its dramas from around late July, marking the first time for Japanese dramas to be shown in the Southeast Asian country since it shifted to a democratic government from military rule in March 2011.
EDITORIALS
May 31, 2013
Priorities in Myanmar
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met with Myanmar President Thein Sein on a visit to Myanmar on May 26 and pledged ¥91 billion in fresh aid to Myanmar — ¥51 billion in loans and ¥40 billion in grants — and waived another ¥190 billion in debt to facilitate the country's democratization efforts.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 27, 2013
Abe's Myanmar visit may help Japan parry China's influence
Japan will likely be able to count on Myanmar for help in countering China unless the promised investment benefits flow only to the rich and powerful.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 27, 2013
Abe pledges more aid to Myanmar
Prime Minister Abe pledges ¥91 billion in fresh aid to Myanmar and waives another ¥190 billion in debt to support growth and win investment chances for Japan Inc.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
May 27, 2013
Abe puts best foot forward in Myanmar to tap 'last frontier'
Shinzo Abe spoke of his personal bond with Myanmar during his official visit, the first by a Japanese prime minister in 36 years, as he sought to boost Japan's presence and tap its significant growth potential.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 26, 2013
Visiting Abe assures Myanmar of support from 'whole of Japan'
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged during an official visit to Myanmar on Saturday that "the whole of Japan," its public and private sectors alike, will support the emerging country's reform process to ensure its continued democratic and economic advancement.
COMMENTARY / World
May 22, 2013
Clock is running out for some key Asian reformers
Voters in the Philippines appear to have delivered a resounding victory to President Benigno Aquino in midterm elections. The son of former President Corazon Aquino looks set to control both houses of Congress, giving him a mandate to continue his reform policies. His biggest worry now is making them stick.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 21, 2013
Thein Sein stresses 'special place' for military
The military that ran Myanmar for decades will continue to play a major role in the country, the former general who has presided over the transformation of a nation that only three years ago was considered one of the world's most repressive said Sunday.
JAPAN
May 20, 2013
Abe to cook up business in Myanmar
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to make a three-day visit to Myanmar next Friday in a bid to strengthen bilateral ties, a government source said Saturday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 19, 2013
Myanmar opening to U.S. influence — and business
T-shirts bearing images of U.S. President Barack Obama and Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar's prodemocracy leader, hang side by side in the shops just off busy Kabar Aye Pagoda Road in Yangon. It's a reminder of the history made in November when Obama became the first sitting U.S. leader to set foot in Myanmar, the country formerly known as Burma.
COMMENTARY / World
May 8, 2013
Defusing the ethnic powder keg in Myanmar
Despite their history of anti-government armed resistance, Burma's ethnic minorities do not pursue a separatist agenda. There is hope for resolving the conflicts.
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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