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 ...

(Tokyo) – Japan’s Yokogawa Bridge Corp. apparently transferred over US$1 million in 2022 to Myanmar Economic Corporation (MEC), which is owned by Myanmar’s abusive military, for a Japanese government ...

(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 ...

Human rights groups are calling on the government of Japan to cease training of Myanmar military officers, after it emerged that a Japanese-trained air force commander was based at an airbase ...

Like several of its Western partners, Japan will now be represented in Yangon by a chargé d’affaires rather than a full ambassador. Japan has become the latest country to downgrade diplomatic ties ...

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 ...