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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 18, 2022
Sanctioned Myanmar tycoons find shelter in Singapore, but for how long?
Most Asian countries, including Singapore, don't support the sanctions on Myanmar. Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has said they would only hurt the country's people.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 12, 2022
Young underground reporters ‘fight a gun with a pen’ in Myanmar
The Southeast Asian nation has seen a relentless crackdown on free expression, with a small literary magazine emerging as one of the few remaining independent media outlets.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 12, 2022
Myanmar junta jails Japanese journalist three more years for immigration breach
Myanmar's junta has clamped down on press freedoms, arresting reporters and photographers, as well as revoking broadcasting licenses.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 12, 2022
Toyota opens new Myanmar plant put on hold following coup
The Japanese automaker said the plant has begun to assemble one or two vehicles a day, working from parts kits shipped to Myanmar in September.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 29, 2022
In Myanmar's rebel strongholds, internet blackouts can mean life or death
With many people relying on Facebook Messenger or WhatsApp, warnings about impending attacks by junta forces haven't been able to reach villages.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Sep 25, 2022
Chinese anthem booed as international soccer returns to Hong Kong
Police equipped with video cameras looked on as fans booed 'March of the Volunteers' for about 10 seconds on Saturday before the Hong Kong team took on Myanmar.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 24, 2022
In Myanmar, grief and fury after an attack on a school
For more than a year, the army has been battling resistance fighters. Each day brings news of more people dying, mostly civilians.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 23, 2022
Japan to stop Myanmar military training over executions
The decision to continue training military personnel after Myanmar's 2021 coup was heavily criticized by rights groups.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 22, 2022
Teachers recount carnage of Myanmar school helicopter attack
Friday's violence at a school in Let Yet Kone village, Sagaing region, killed 14 people — 12 of them children, the youngest age 7.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 20, 2022
Russia to flood Asia with fuels as Europe ramps up sanctions
India and China took a combined 2.7 million barrels a day of Russian crude and products last month, according to Morgan Stanley.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 31, 2022
Could Myanmar’s opposition forces unseat the junta?
Myanmar's rebel forces swell in number as the junta launches brutal airstrikes on civilian targets in rural areas.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 26, 2022
Five years on, Myanmar Rohingya desperate to leave Bangladesh camps and go home
More than a million Rohingya are living in squalid camps in southern Bangladesh comprising the world's largest refugee settlement, with little prospect of returning to Myanmar.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 18, 2022
Top U.N. official presses Myanmar's junta leader in rare visit
Noeleen Heyzer's visit came just a day after a court sentenced the country's deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to six years in jail.
JAPAN
Aug 17, 2022
Trial for Japanese man detained in Myanmar began in July
On how the man, Toru Kubota — a documentary producer — will be treated, the military officials said Tuesday that there is a need to wait for the court's decision.
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2022
Myanmar charges Japanese journalist with encouraging dissent
Filmmaker Toru Kubota, 26, was detained last Saturday near an anti-government rally in Yangon along with two Myanmar citizens.

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