“Japan’s strength is having a communications channel with the military, the only one with such access among Western nations,” one Foreign Ministry official said. Economic ties with Myanmar ...

A Japanese journalist arrested ... appearing as a rare foreign reporter from within Myanmar (also called Burma). The 45-year old was arrested on 18 April when police raided his home in the ...

A Japanese journalist who was arrested in Myanmar last month and later charged ... The 45-year old was arrested on 18 April when police raided his home in the country's main city Yangon.