Employers forcing Myanmar people in Japan to choose between politics and work
Myanmar people living in Japan have been criticized for taking part in protests against the military coup in their home country during the coronavirus pandemic, with employers putting pressure on them not to attend and others saying they should go back to their country to express their opposition.
Football: Japan thrash Myanmar in World Cup qualifier after protests on and off pitch
Japan thrashed Myanmar 10-0 on Friday (May 28) to cruise into the third round of Asian World Cup qualifier, after protesters had raised anti-junta three-fingered salutes on and off the pitch. About 70 protesters gathered before kick-off outside the stadium in Chiba, near Tokyo, carrying pictures of detained Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and […]
Japan reporter freed from Myanmar says inmates were abused (ငရဲခန်း စစ်ကြောရေး နဲ့ အင်းစိန်ထောင် ထဲက အခြေအနေ)
A Japanese journalist who was freed from a Myanmar prison said Friday that military and police interrogators repeatedly asked him about his friends, clients and made-up allegations. Yuki Kitazumi, a freelance journalist and a former reporter for Japan’s Nikkei business news, also said other inmates told him about abuses they suffered at the hands of […]