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AUNG SAN SUU KYI

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 23, 2015
After failed attempts to remove rival, Myanmar's president used force
Myanmar President Thein Sein had tried and failed at least twice before to topple his archrival Shwe Mann, but when armed police burst into the headquarters of the country's ruling party late on Aug. 12 he finally succeeded.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 26, 2015
Unpopular but defiant, Myanmar's ruling party unfazed about poll prospects
Myanmar's ruling party is led by former members of a military junta, evolved from an organization that democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi once compared to a Nazi militia, and took office through electoral fraud.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 2, 2015
Myanmar's ruling party chief ready to run in presidential polls if asked
The chairman of Myanmar's ruling party said Friday he will stand as national president if nominated, and is willing to cooperate with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, or anyone working in the interests of the country.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 5, 2015
Boycott of Myanmar's poll an option: Suu Kyi
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said boycotting an upcoming historic election is an "option" if a military-drafted constitution that bars her from becoming president remains unchanged.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 24, 2014
Suu Kyi's party looks outside its ranks to a former general for president
Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) will go into next year's parliamentary election in Myanmar with no candidate for president and might even support a former general from the pro-military ruling party, NLD officials said.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Oct 12, 2013
Myanmar takes helm of ASEAN while sectarian violence persists
Myanmar last week took the baton from the Sultan of Brunei, assuming the rotating chair in 2014 of Asia's most important regional organization, the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
EDITORIALS
May 3, 2013
Japan's approach to Myanmar
If Shinzo Abe visits Myanmar later this month as planned to deepen economic ties, it will be the first trip to that country by Japan's prime minister since 1977.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 19, 2013
Suu Kyi pays visit to Abe
Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi paid a courtesy visit to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on Thursday, and the two agreed education of the young is key to the country's future development, Japanese officials said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 18, 2013
Suu Kyi hopes to surmount obstacles to presidency
Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi says that like any political party chief, she hopes to become her country's president, despite the obstacles in her path.
EDITORIALS
Apr 18, 2013
Ms. Suu Kyi visits Japan
As a result of Aung San Suu Kyi's first visit to Japan in nearly 27 years, the government should work out a basic principle for providing assistance to Myanmar.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2013
Suu Kyi: Japan gender equality poor
Myanmar opposition head Aung San Suu Kyi returns to Kyoto, where she lived in the 1980s, to speak on changes in her country and to chide Japan on its gender gap.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Apr 14, 2013
Myanmar's unrest: Colonial legacy undermines nascent democracy
Alarming outbreaks of sectarian violence pitting Buddhists against Muslims in Myanmar cast an ominous cloud over that nation's democratic transition from military rule.
Japan to revise consumption tax exemption for overseas tourists
Tourists walk through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo in April
Japan's tourism industry hit by cancellations after megaquake alert
A beach closed due to a megaquake alert in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, from Friday to Thursday.
Focus shifts to incoming typhoon as Tropical Storm Maria dissipates
Newly formed Tropical Storm Ampil, which is forecast to approach eastern Japan this weekend, is seen on the left side of this satellite image.
Kishida to step down in September in bid to show ‘LDP has changed’
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference Wednesday at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.
Publisher finds surprise audience after translating history textbooks
Yamakawa Shuppansha president Takeshi Nozawa holds the publisher's textbook on Japanese history — used in high schools across Japan — alongside the new English version in Tokyo on May 23.
Economic security is about strengthening and sustaining growth, former minister says
Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi says changes in the international balance of power, along with deepening economic interdependence, have led some countries to attempt to use their economic power to impose their will on others.
Ice bandanas, convenience store breaks: Running under Japan’s summer sun
Blistering heat is becoming a fixture of summer in Japan, but a few tweaks to your routine can make your outdoor runs bearable — if not enjoyable — until cooler temperatures return.
Japan issued its first-ever megaquake alert. What does that mean?
Naoshi Hirata (center), chairman of a committee tasked with evaluating the risk of a Nankai Trough earthquake, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.
France brings down the curtain on its Olympic party with Tom Cruise and Leon Marchand
Fireworks are set off during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics at Stade de France in Saint-Denis on Sunday.
Japan fuels U.S. LNG boom even as climate targets and impacts loom
Flaring at the Cameron LNG export terminal in Hackberry, Louisiana. Flaring, a common sight at LNG plants, is a controlled burning of gas for reasons ranging from depressurizing equipment to disposing of gas that can’t be used. The practice is a "waste of money" and negatively impacts climate change and human health, says the International Energy Agency.

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