TOKYO (AP) — A member of Myanmar’s national soccer team who played a 2022 World Cup qualifier in Japan has refused to return home and is seeking asylum, a request the government was considering taking ...

Missing up to 10 players who are boycotting the World Cup qualifier against Japan on Friday has ratcheted up the degree of difficulty for Myanmar against Asia’s top-ranked team. Experienced stars such ...

More than 1,000 people, mostly Chinese, have fled from Myanmar into Thailand this week, Thai authorities said on Friday, after the Myanmar military raided one of the country's largest scam centers.

A military strike on a festival and anti-junta protest in central Myanmar on Monday evening killed at least 25 people, and ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged Japan on Monday to halt a military study-abroad program in which cadets from Myanmar receive combat training. Since the February coup in Myanmar, Japan ...

Japanese journalist Nagai Kenji was shot dead while covering a protest in Myanmar in 2007. New analysis of the tape in his ...

(Tokyo) – Myanmar’s junta used Japan-funded passenger ships donated for civilian use for military purposes in September 2022, Human Rights Watch said today. Letters from Myanmar officials, analyzed by ...

In the aftermath of the coup d’etat at the beginning of February, Japan’s unique relationship with the Tatmadaw led to high expectations from people inside and outside Myanmar. Japan was viewed as an ...

SEOUL — The military's killing of at least 18 protesters on Sunday in Myanmar has increased pressure on foreign governments to use their influence to push for the release of the country's elected ...

Since the Myanmar military seized power on February 1, the Japanese government has expressed its “grave concerns” over the coup. It has called on the Myanmar military, known as the Tatmadaw, to ...

TOKYO (AP) — A member of Myanmar's national soccer team who played a 2022 World Cup qualifier in Japan has refused to return home and is seeking asylum, a request the government was considering taking ...