Ichiro Maruyama, a former Japanese ambassador to Myanmar, spoke about the country’s rule under a military junta and the ongoing election during an interview with The Yomiuri Shimbun. Maruyama, now 72, ...

International Court of Justice (ICJ) hearings in the Myanmar genocide case highlight the need for justice for the ethnic ...

The Trump administration has joined a small number of countries—including China and Russia—in backing the vote, which is ...

Polls opened in Myanmar on Sunday kick-starting a controversial election the military junta says will return democratic rule, nearly five years after it seized power from an elected government, ...

Caritas Japan, the Catholic Church’s social service arm in the country, and several humanitarian organizations are raising funds for the victims of last month’s devastating earthquake in Myanmar.

Japan Earthquake: A powerful 6.0 magnitude earthquake has struck Japan, sending shockwaves across the region just days after a deadly quake devastated Myanmar. Authorities are assessing damage and ...

TOKYO, 31st March, 2025 (WAM) -- Japan has dispatched an expert assessment team to Myanmar following the devastating earthquake that struck the country on Friday, measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale.

WASHINGTON — The leader of a Japanese crime syndicate who was charged by U.S. authorities with trafficking nuclear materials from Myanmar pleaded guilty on Wednesday, the Justice Department said in a ...

Charred homes sit in piles of ash in Mwe Tone village of Pale township in the Sagaing region, Myanmar, Feb. 1, 2022. (Credit: AP Photo.) Listen MUMBAI, India – According to Japanese Cardinal-elect ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese business executive ...