Yesterday, Japan’s government announced that it will suspend a training program for Myanmar military officers from next year, after weathering a storm of criticism for its continued links to the ...

The regime echoed Beijing’s attacks on Tokyo as tensions escalate, reaffirming its loyalty to China and the One China policy.

More than a dozen human rights organizations are urging a Japanese retailer and its Myanmar subsidiary to drop a long-running defamation lawsuit against a prominent union leader that they say is meant ...

The Directors’ Guild of Japan has called on authorities in Myanmar to release filmmaker Maung Thein Dan. He has been detained and jailed pending a trial. Myanmar was wracked by a military coup on Feb.

Japan’s defence ministry claims the program, which includes combat training, will inspire change from within. That’s not going to happen. Japan was one of the first governments to issue a statement ...

(Tokyo) – The Japanese government should cut ties with the Myanmar military and immediately suspend a military study-abroad program involving Myanmar cadets, Human Rights Watch said today. On February ...