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Freed Japanese exec arrives in Bangkok after conviction in Myanmar
Kyodo News, Published on 14/08/2024
» An executive of a joint venture of Japanese supermarket chain Aeon Company in Myanmar has been released after being convicted for violating the rice pricing rules under the country's military government, diplomatic sources said Tuesday.
Myanmar releases detained Japanese man
Kyodo News, Published on 13/08/2024
» TOKYO - Myanmar authorities have released a Japanese man from detention, Japan's foreign ministry confirmed on Tuesday, following reports in media of the release of a manager of supermarket giant Aeon's local unit.
Myanmar residents lobby Japan to act over conscription law
Kyodo News, Published on 15/05/2024
» KYODO - Members of Myanmar's expatriate community in Japan are lobbying local assemblies to pressure the central government to accept their fleeing compatriots in the wake of the enforcement of a controversial conscription law by the junta in February.
Singaporean diplomat under probe for alleged voyeurism in Tokyo
Kyodo News, Published on 02/05/2024
» TOKYO - A Singaporean diplomat is under police investigation on suspicion of secretly photographing a naked schoolboy at a public bath in Tokyo while he was serving as a counsellor at the embassy, an investigative source said Thursday.
Alleged fraudsters detained in Cambodia to be extradited to Japan
Kyodo News, Published on 07/11/2023
» PHNOM PENH - Twenty-five Japanese nationals detained in September in Cambodia for allegedly running a phone scam operation out of an apartment in Phnom Penh will soon be extradited to Japan for arrest, investigative sources said Tuesday.
Myanmar junta extends state of emergency, delays polls
Kyodo News, Published on 31/07/2023
» Myanmar's ruling military is expected to extend its state of emergency, due to expire Tuesday, according to local media reports, amid prolonged conflict with those who call for democracy after a February 2021 coup that ousted the country's civilian government.
Myanmar crisis to dominate Asean meeting
Kyodo News, Published on 11/07/2023
» JAKARTA: Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) met in Indonesia Tuesday, with Myanmar's deadlocked political crisis expected to dominate discussions.
19 Japanese detained in Cambodia after scam group's base raided
Kyodo News, Published on 07/04/2023
» Nineteen Japanese have been detained in Cambodia for alleged involvement in phone scams in Japan, authorities in both countries said Friday.
Myanmar postpones hearing of detained Japanese filmmaker
Kyodo News, Published on 30/08/2022
» The next court hearing of a Japanese man in Myanmar was postponed to Sept 6 in the trial over his alleged involvement in an anti-coup protest amid Japan's calls for his early release, a source close to the matter said Tuesday.
Former Japanese PM Abe shot, unconscious
Kyodo News, Published on 08/07/2022
» TOKYO: Former prime minister Shinzo Abe fell unconscious after being attacked by an unidentified gunman while giving a stump speech on a western Japan road on Friday morning, police and firefighters said.