UNHCR

Japan: First Myanmar refugees arrive for resettlement

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. 28 September 2010 After spending up to ...
NHK

Japan-based Myanmar voices call election a sham

Myanmar's military junta is pressing ahead with a disputed election, the first since the 2021 coup. The voting is being conducted in three regional phases, the first of which took place on December 28 ...
Yahoo

Myanmar frees Japanese journalist as gesture to Tokyo

TOKYO (AP) — An arrested Japanese reporter returned home Friday after being released by Myanmar's ruling junta in what it called a gesture of friendship to Japan. Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu ...
The Hill

Could Japan draw Myanmar’s military junta chief to a UN peace initiative?

What should the Japanese government do about Myanmar? Since the military junta under commander in chief Min Aung Hlaing ousted democratically-elected government leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Feb. 1, ...
UNHCR

Japan: First Myanmar refugees arrive for resettlement

After spending up to 25 years in a refugee camp in Thailand, three families from Myanmar arrived in Japan today to begin new lives under Asia's first-ever pilot resettlement programme. The 18 refugees ...