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ROHINGYA

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Apr 9, 2021
India's top court paves way for Rohingya deportations to Myanmar
'We have to state that we cannot comment upon something happening in another country,' the judge said in his order.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Apr 6, 2021
Alarmed by inaction, lawmakers push Japan to embrace rights diplomacy
A tug-of-war between the Foreign Ministry and lawmakers, with Suga standing on the sidelines, illustrates the challenge confronting Tokyo: Take stronger action or risk alienating the U.S.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 6, 2021
Death threats and hate speech make Rohingya activist's Malaysia refuge a prison
Malaysia has long been seen as friendly to the persecuted minority, but that sentiment soured a year ago as people started saying Rohingya were spreading COVID-19.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 29, 2021
Suu Kyi ally wants equal rights for persecuted Myanmar Muslims
Under the previous government led by Suu Kyi, who is now detained, Myanmar defended the military against accusations of perpetrating genocide on the Rohingya.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Mar 28, 2021
On eve of Myanmar coup, Pompeo rejected effort to declare Rohingya 'genocide'
The 11th-hour scramble inside the State Department underscores how the United States had struggled to formulate consistent policy toward Myanmar.
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 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
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
Jan 31, 2021
Bangladesh sends more Rohingya refugees to remote island despite criticism
More than 1,400 Rohingya Muslim refugees were relocated to a remote island in the Bay of Bengal on Saturday, despite opposition from human rights groups concerned about the site's vulnerability to storms and flooding.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 30, 2020
'Pray floods don't kill us': The Rohingya's remote Bangladesh island
Some 100,000 Rohingya refugees are being moved to the island of Bhasan Char, despite opposition from human rights groups.
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
Oct 14, 2020
Anti-Rohingya hate spreads unchecked on Facebook in Malaysia
Six months after rights groups reported the material to the social media giant, many xenophobic posts targeting Rohingya in Malaysia remained on the platform.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 12, 2020
As Myanmar erases names of destroyed Rohingya villages, U.N. map-makers follow suit
On maps produced in 2020 by the U.N. mapping unit in Myanmar, which it says are based on Myanmar government maps, the site of the destroyed village is now nameless.
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
Aug 25, 2020
Rohingya politicians excluded from Myanmar election
Aspiring politician Abdul Rasheed was born in Myanmar and is one of the very few members of the Rohingya Muslim minority to have Myanmar citizenship.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 21, 2020
As other doors close, some Rohingya cling to hope of resettlement
On the third anniversary of a mass exodus of Rohingya to Bangladesh, prospects look bleak for about 1 million members of the Muslim minority from Myanmar living in bamboo and plastic shelters in refugee camps.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 28, 2020
Thousands in western Myanmar flee as army plans operations, monitors say
Thousands of villagers have fled their homes in Myanmar’s Rakhine state after a local administrator warned dozens of village leaders that the army planned "clearance operations” against insurgents, a lawmaker and a humanitarian group said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 20, 2020
‘We lost our sight’: Life in Myanmar under world's longest internet shutdown
Since Myanmar shut off the internet in two states a year ago, lawyer Oo Twan Hla, who was once able to check online when his cases were scheduled, said he must now travel through a war zone to read a signboard.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jun 16, 2020
Traffickers demand ransoms for Rohingya held at sea in Southeast Asia
Refugees living in camps in Bangladesh said they received calls demanding money to stop relatives from being abandoned and, in some cases, raped or killed.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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