Japan ready to lead int'l talks on Myanmar scam operations: Ishiba
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba proposed Wednesday that Japan take the lead in organizing an international conference to ...
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Rescued teen: 8 other Japanese held in Myanmar forced into fraud
NAGOYA--A Japanese teenager recently rescued from a fraud ring in Myanmar was forced to impersonate a police officer in a phone scam involving around eight other Japanese hostages, Aichi ...
Japanese song contest lifts spirits at a dark time in Myanmar
Despite an ongoing civil war and political instability, young Japanophiles of Myanmar sang their hearts out at Utacon 2025, a ...
Japanese man taken into custody by Myanmar ethnic armed group
An armed ethnic minority group that effectively controls an area of eastern Myanmar where criminal organizations operate ...
Operation to transfer people freed from Myanmar scam centers to Thailand resumes
Transfers of foreign nationals freed from scam centers in eastern Myanmar to neighboring Thailand have resumed, as Thai authorities are ready to accept them.
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Japanese national detained in Myanmar
A Japanese man has been detained in Myanmar’s commercial capital Yangon, an official at Japan’s embassy confirmed, the latest foreigner ensnared in the junta-ruled nation. A military coup last ...
Putin extols 'elephant diplomacy' with Myanmar in talks with junta chief
Russia's President Vladimir Putin hailed expanding ties with ally Myanmar at talks with its military junta chief on Tuesday ...
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Japanese man taken into custody by Myanmar ethnic armed group
The Japanese man was quoted as saying he does not want to return to his home country. He is believed to have entered Myanmar around four months ago and has been involved in illicit activities.