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AUNG SAN SUU KYI

Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Feb 4, 2021
Myanmar’s coup must be reversed
During the darkest days of Myanmar's military junta, Tokyo governments worried that isolating Myanmar would push it into China's sphere of influence.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 3, 2021
Suu Kyi is proven right about Myanmar
Faced with a constricting institutional and constitutional position, Suu Kyi's efforts to extricate the military from the power structure was always going to be a huge challenge.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 3, 2021
Myanmar army’s next problem: Defeating Aung San Suu Kyi in an election
Myanmar's army has plenty of examples in Asia of powerful elites that write rules favoring the establishment at election time.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 2, 2021
Japan defense official warns Myanmar coup could increase China's influence
Myanmar's army seized power Monday, declaring a state of emergency, and detained elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi along with other government officials.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 2, 2021
The Myanmar coup’s dangerous aftershocks
Although the army has declared a state of emergency for a year, past history in Myanmar with such declarations could easily suggest that the state of emergency could go on for many years.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Feb 1, 2021
All eyes on Myanmar army chief Min Aung Hlaing as military seizes power
Myanmar's powerful military chief, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, is in the spotlight after politicians from the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) party were detained and the army announced it was taking power.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 29, 2021
Myanmar army flexes muscles as Aung San Suu Kyi's government begins second term
The military's allegations of voter list irregularities have been accompanied by cryptic comments about abolishing the constitution.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Nov 16, 2020
How a human rights angel lost her halo
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi has turned into an apologist for the very generals who once locked her up, downplaying their murderous campaign against the Rohingya Muslim minority.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 8, 2020
Aung San Suu Kyi poised to win a second term as Myanmar votes
Millions are expected to cast their ballots even as the Southeast Asian nation fights to contain a surging coronavirus epidemic.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 6, 2020
Aung San Suu Kyi set to win again even as Myanmar’s economic dreams fade
Suu Kyi's first year in office saw foreign direct investment hit $9.4 billion, a record, but that dropped down to $5.5 billion in the last financial year that ended on Sept. 30.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 9, 2020
‘Kill all you see’: For first time, Myanmar soldiers tell of Rohingya slaughter
The atrocities described by the two men echo evidence of serious human rights abuses gathered from among more than 1 million Rohingya refugees.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 19, 2020
IT happens: Facebook says technical error caused vulgar translation of Chinese leader's name
Facebook Inc. on Saturday blamed a technical error for Chinese leader Xi Jinping's name appearing as "Mr. S—-hole" in posts on its platform when translated into English from Burmese, apologizing for any offense caused.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 18, 2020
Myanmar and China agree to speed projects but ink no new deals
China and Myanmar inked dozens of deals on Saturday to speed up infrastructure projects as Beijing seeks to cement its hold over a neighbor increasingly isolated by the West.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 17, 2020
Xi courts an isolated Myanmar in first state visit of the year
In China's carefully choreographed diplomatic calendar, the itinerary of the president's first overseas trip can send signals about his long-term strategic goals.
As ‘Buy Canadian’ grows, more U.S. firms say retailers turning away products
Empty shelves with "Buy Canadian Instead" signs are seen in the American Whiskey section of the BC Liquor in Vancouver, British Columbia, on March 10.
U.S. tourist arrested after bringing a handgun into Japan
Hyogo police believe the handgun a U.S. tourist inadvertently brought into Japan slipped through security procedures at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture.
Trump unveils 10% global tariff, with Japan levy set at 24%
Trump tosses a MAGA hat to the crowd during an event in which he unveiled new tariffs in the White House on Wednesday.
Meiji says sayonara to bottled milk, a staple of Japan's bathhouses
Meiji bottled milk lined up in a fridge at Kosugiyu, a bathhouse in Tokyo. The sticker urges patrons to enjoy the milk one last time before it’s gone.
Japan’s leader didn’t read the job description
Prime Minister and ruling Liberal Democratic Party leader Shigeru Ishiba is facing a political funding scandal that has damaged his reputation and sparked speculation that internal efforts to remove him are underway.
Haruki Murakami TV adaptation revisits 30 years of watershed moments
Though Haruki Murakami's trademark whiff of offbeat existentialism is threaded throughout NHK's "After the Quake," the final episode — conceived as a sequel to the story "Super-Frog Saves Tokyo" — is the most stylized, featuring an anthropomorphic talking frog (voiced by Non) and his erstwhile associate Katagiri (Koichi Sato).
Nintendo to launch the Switch 2 on June 5
The controllers for the Switch 2 will attach to the console magnetically rather than sliding on rails as with the original device.
A new human trafficking trend emerges from Myanmar scam centers
Victims of scam centers who were tricked or trafficked into working in Myanmar gather at a compound inside KK Park, a fraud center on the country's border with Thailand, after a multinational crackdown in February.
Meiji says sayonara to bottled milk, a staple of Japan's bathhouses
Meiji bottled milk lined up in a fridge at Kosugiyu, a bathhouse in Tokyo. The sticker urges patrons to enjoy the milk one last time before it’s gone.
A Canadian made a weekend trip to Costco a Japanese pastime
Under the watchful eye of Ken Theriault, Costco representative director and Japan country manager, the American membership-model wholesaler has flourished in Japan.

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