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RAKHINE

Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 13, 2018
U.N. rights investigators hit 'beast' Facebook's role in spreading hate speech amid Myanmar crisis
U.N. human rights experts investigating a possible genocide in Myanmar said on Monday that Facebook had played a role in spreading hate speech there.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 12, 2018
Myanmar builds military bases where Rohingya once lived and prayed: Amnesty
After driving nearly 700,000 Rohingya Muslims out of the country, Myanmar's military is building bases where some of their homes and mosques once stood, Amnesty International said on Monday, citing new evidence from satellite imagery.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Mar 8, 2018
Myanmar police witness testifies arrested Reuters reporter's home was searched 'for news'
Police in Myanmar searched the family home of Reuters reporter Wa Lone looking for material "related to news" the night after he and a colleague were arrested on suspicion of violating the Official Secrets Act, an officer told a court on Wednesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 9, 2018
Gravediggers say Myanmar forces and Buddhist villagers executed Rohingya after torching their homes
Bound together, the 10 Rohingya captives watched their Buddhist neighbors dig a grave. Soon afterward, on the morning of Sept. 2, all 10 lay dead. At least two were hacked to death by Buddhist villagers. The rest were shot by soldiers, two of the gravediggers said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jan 11, 2018
Myanmar military says soldiers murdered 10 captured Rohingya 'terrorists' after Buddhists forced them into grave
Myanmar's military said its soldiers had murdered 10 captured Muslim "terrorists" during insurgent attacks at the beginning of September, after Buddhist villagers had forced the captured men into a grave they had dug.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Dec 20, 2017
Myanmar mum on whereabouts of Reuters journalists week after their arrest
Two Reuters journalists completed a week in detention in Myanmar on Tuesday, with no word on where they were being held as authorities proceeded with an investigation into whether they violated the country's colonial-era Official Secrets Act.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 20, 2017
Myanmar officials find 10 corpses in mass grave in Rakhine
Myanmar authorities have found 10 bodies buried in a mass grave on the edge of a village in Rakhine state, the military-run newspaper Myawady reported on Tuesday, a day after the army said it had launched an investigation at the site.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Nov 29, 2017
U.N. panel seeks rare report from Myanmar regime on rapes and slayings of Rohingya women
A United Nations women's rights panel called on Myanmar on Tuesday to report within six months on rapes and sexual violence against Rohingya women and girls by its security forces in northern Rakhine state and measures taken to punish soldiers.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Nov 14, 2017
Myanmar military denies any atrocities against Rohingya, replaces general in charge of Rakhine
Myanmar's army released a report on Monday denying all allegations of rape and killings by security forces, having days earlier replaced the general in charge of the operation that drove more than 600,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Oct 27, 2017
Aid officials: Myanmar's Rohingya crisis 'spinning out of control' in Rakhine
A combination of escalating violence, worsening health and poor access to conflict zones in Myanmar's Rakhine state is fueling a humanitarian crisis that is "spinning out of control," senior aid officials said on Thursday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Oct 25, 2017
Myanmar and Bangladesh agree to 'halt outflow' of Rohingya refugees and begin repatriations
Myanmar and Bangladesh on Tuesday agreed to cooperate on the repatriation of Rohingya refugees and took steps to boost border security as relations between the neighbors have been strained by the continuing flow of refugees into Bangladesh.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Oct 19, 2017
U.N. jury still out on whether to declare Myanmar violence against Muslim Rohingya genocide
The United Nations has yet to determine whether violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar meets the legal definition of genocide, Jyoti Sanghera, Asia-Pacific chief at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Oct 9, 2017
Two dead, unknown number missing as boat carrying refugees from Myanmar to Bangladesh flips
At least two people have died after a boat carrying refugees fleeing Myanmar capsized on its way to Bangladesh on Sunday, local authorities told Reuters.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Sep 1, 2017
At least 18 Rohingya women, kids die in desperate boat escape from Myanmar military violence
On a remote beach looking out onto the Bay of Bengal, a baby boy lies swaddled in cloth, his face smeared with wet sand. The bodies of nine more children and eight women lie alongside. Another woman and a child have already been buried.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Aug 23, 2017
Rohingya say Myanmar Buddhists are blockading them amid fresh fears of violence in Rakhine
Hundreds of Rohingya Muslims have been blockaded inside their area by their Buddhist neighbors in a western Myanmar village, residents say, as religious tensions in troubled Rakhine state spread to a more ethnically mixed part of the region.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 4, 2016
Suu Kyi refuses to play Rakhine blame game
Visiting Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi says there is little evidence that the military is targeting civilians in Rakhine state and vows to release the government's findings.
WORLD
Nov 4, 2016
Myanmar to resume humanitarian aid to troubled northern Rakhine: diplomats
Myanmar has agreed to allow aid to resume to the troubled north of Rakhine state and permit international observers to monitor whether help is reaching people displaced by violence, diplomats on a mission to the area told reporters on Thursday.
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.
3D printer used to construct train station building in Japan
A train station building (front) is assembled from parts printed using 3D printer technology, in Arida, Wakayama Prefecture, on Wednesday.
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.
Japan promises 'bold and speedy' response to Trump’s surprise 24% tariffs
U.S. President Donald Trump unveils new U.S. tariffs at the White House in Washington on Wednesday.
Tokyo’s KK Line to close for decadelong overhaul as public greenway
People enjoy running and yoga on Tokyo Expressway’s KK Line, a 2-kilometer elevated expressway cutting through the capital’s commercial Ginza district, when it was opened as a pedestrian space in May last year.
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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