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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 11, 2021
Japan must rethink its Myanmar policy
As a regional leader, Japan has a particularly important role to play in shaping a democratic path for Myanmar.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 11, 2021
U.N. condemns Myanmar violence as U.S. blacklists army leader's children
The U.N. Security Council, however, failed to denounce the military takeover as a coup or threaten further action due to opposition from China and Russia.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 10, 2021
'Shoot till they are dead': Some Myanmar police flee to India after refusing orders
Around 100 people from Myanmar, mostly policemen and their families, have crossed over a porous border into India since the protests began, a senior Indian official said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 10, 2021
Brawling Myanmar monks show Buddhist nationalists backing coup
Buddhist monasteries are usually known as places of solace and meditation. But one in Myanmar's biggest city became the site of an ugly brawl in the aftermath of the Feb. 1 military coup.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 9, 2021
‘It’s better to walk through a minefield’: Victims of Myanmar’s army speak
The military and its brutal practices are an omnipresent fear in Myanmar, one that has intensified since the generals seized full power in a coup last month.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 9, 2021
Night raid on young Myanmar protesters draws international alarm
Myanmar's military government also moved to shutter five local media outlets reporting on the protests.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 8, 2021
Australia halts defense ties with Myanmar and redirects aid
Australia has suspended its defense cooperation program with Myanmar, Foreign Affairs Minister Marise Payne said, amid an intensified crackdown by the country's military on massive protests against last month's coup.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 7, 2021
After coup in Myanmar, a career diplomat takes a stand
In Myanmar embassies around the world, diplomats are struggling with whether to represent a military that has locked up their elected leaders.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 7, 2021
Myanmar forces make night raids after breaking up protests
More than 50 protesters have been killed and well over 1,500 people have been arrested under the junta, an advocacy group has said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 5, 2021
'I will shoot whoever I see': Myanmar soldiers threaten protesters on TikTok
A digital rights group said it had found more than 800 pro-military videos that menaced protesters. According to the U.N., 38 protesters were killed on Wednesday alone.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 4, 2021
'Everything will be OK': Slain Myanmar teen's T-shirt slogan spurs defiance
"Everything will be OK," read 19-year-old Angel's T-shirt as the dancer and taekwondo champion joined anti-coup protesters in Myanmar on Wednesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 3, 2021
Police in Myanmar shoot protesters, killing at least nine
Residents have likened the situation and oppression in the country to the time of the Beijing's student-led protests of 1989.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 3, 2021
Southeast Asia rebuffs U.S. sanctions on Myanmar, giving generals a lifeline
On Tuesday, ASEAN foreign ministers sought to balance calls for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi with avoiding any interference in the country's internal affairs.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 3, 2021
Myanmar's U.N. envoy and junta make rival claims to representation
The claims to represent Myanmar will now likely have to be considered by a U.N. credentials committee that reports to the General Assembly, which will then make the final decision.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 2, 2021
Myanmar police fire stun grenades as Southeast Asian ministers aim for talks
The talks will come two days after the bloodiest day of unrest since the military removed Aung San Suu Kyi's elected government a month ago.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 1, 2021
At least 18 protesters killed in Myanmar in worst violence since coup
Police fired on protesters around the country on Sunday in the worst violence since the Feb. 1 military coup, the United Nations said.
In a first, Japan issues cease-and-desist order against Google
The Google logo is seen at the company's Bay View campus in Mountain View, California. Japanese authorities on Tuesday issued a cease-and-desist order to Google over an alleged violation of the country's anti-monopoly law.
Japan and the U.S. begin tariff talks on good terms, but without breakthroughs
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, speaks to reporters in Washington on Wednesday.
Trump calls the U.S.-Japan alliance ‘one-sided.’ Tokyo says otherwise.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Thursday in Washington.
Tokyo hotel operators face possible warnings over suspected price cartel
Foreign tourists gather on a platform at Kyoto Station on Wednesday.
China executes man over Japanese school bus stop murder
The bus stop in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China, where a Japanese mother, her child, and a Chinese woman were attacked in June 2024
Tokyo hotel operators face possible warnings over suspected price cartel
Foreign tourists gather on a platform at Kyoto Station on Wednesday.
Kyotographie 2025 opts for laughter and levity in the face of global strife
Palestinian American photographer Adam Rouhana’s exhibition at this year’s Kyotographie festival shows Palestinian life, not death and rubble.
Privacy and transparency clash in debate over bill on artificial insemination
Sachiko Ishizuka, who was born via artificial insemination by donor (AID), tells her story to lawmakers from the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan on April 9.
Why Ishiba became the first prime minister to hold talks with Rengo in 16 years
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In a first, Japan issues cease-and-desist order against Google
The Google logo is seen at the company's Bay View campus in Mountain View, California. Japanese authorities on Tuesday issued a cease-and-desist order to Google over an alleged violation of the country's anti-monopoly law.

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