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Key words : myanmar tokyo
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Myanmar people living in Japan have held a rally demanding democracy in their homeland on the second anniversary of the military coup in their country.
Some 500 Myanmar nationals and their supporters gathered outside Myanmar's embassy in Tokyo on Wednesday to protest against the Southeast Asian nation's military rule.
Voices rose in angry protest, saying that the junta should release pro-democracy leaders and people who support them, and it should end its military dictatorship.
The protesters also called on the Japanese government to boost their efforts to promote democracy in Myanmar.
A man in his 60s said the military continues perpetrating violence and torture. He also criticized its air strikes that targeted villagers.
He said he wants to continue resisting the military junta and believes that Myanmar's democratization will be successful.
A woman in her 30s said her family and friends in Myanmar spend their days worrying about the risks to their lives and livelihoods. She said she wants the Japanese government to continue supporting Myanmar citizens until democracy and peace are restored there.
Key words : silent strike state of emergency
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Myanmar's state media say the country's military has extended the state of emergency for another six months. It has been in place since the military coup two years ago.
The junta seized power claiming irregularities in a national election that saw Aung San Suu Kyi's party win in a landslide. But it has provided no evidence to back up its claims.
Myanmar remains in chaos. Pro-democracy forces have been arming themselves and fighting to regain control. A local human rights group says the number of killings by the military is approaching 3,000.
Former State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi remains in custody -- sentenced to decades behind bars. International groups and foreign governments have called for her release.
The military had said it would hold an election by August. But it has effectively made her party illegal. Even before the extension of the state of emergency, the United States, Canada, Australia and Britain were imposing new sanctions against junta members and energy officials.
US National Security Council Spokesperson John Kirby said, "Conditions, however, in Burma continue to grow more dire. So that's why we're taking some additional action today to impose sanctions on six individuals and three entities linked to the regime's efforts to generate revenue and procure arms."
The US Treasury Department says oil and gas exports have helped the junta to earn more than 1 billion dollars in annual revenue.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres joined the international condemnation, calling on countries to stand together and urge the junta to change course.
Citizens in Myanmar staged what they called a "silent strike" on Wednesday, the second anniversary of the coup. Most stores in Yangon were closed, and traffic on the normally busy streets was greatly reduced.
Key words : philippines repatriate next week
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The Philippines' justice department says it intends to repatriate the four Japanese nationals, who are believed to be linked to a series of robberies in Japan, at the same time.
A department spokesperson spoke with reporters on Tuesday. He said that Japan wants the four men to be deported together. He said that the Philippines will comply with the request, even if preparations have only been completed for some of the suspects.
Japanese police officials have served the men with arrest warrants, as they believe the individuals were previously involved in phone scams in Japan. On Monday, they officially asked the authorities in the Philippines to hand them over.
The four suspects are currently being held at an immigration facility in the Philippines. Three of them are currently on trial. Court hearings regarding two of the cases are scheduled to be held this week.
The spokesperson said that it will be possible to schedule the handover of the suspects, once all the cases have been dismissed.
The Philippine government has expressed its intention to settle the matter before President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. visits Japan next week.
Meanwhile, on Tuesday Philippine police and immigration authorities confiscated nearly 10 smartphones at the immigration facility, where the four suspects are being held.
They also confiscated PCs, wireless routers and 500,000 pesos in cash. That is about 9,000 dollars.
Philippine authorities say they plan to tighten measures at immigration facilities. They say they suspect that officials at the sites have been allowing inmates to use smartphones, in exchange for bribes.
Key words : sushiro
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The operator of major Japanese conveyor belt sushi restaurant chain Sushiro says it has filed a reputational damage report to the police over a video posted on social media showing disturbing behaviors by a customer.
The company announced on Wednesday that it took the action on the previous day.
The video shows the customer at a Sushiro store licking a spout of soy sauce bottle at the table. It also shows the customer taking an unused tea cup from a self-service counter, licking it and putting it back.
The operator says it has learned that the footage was filmed at its outlet in Gifu City, central Japan.
The firm says it was a serious matter, damaging the trust between the operator and its customers.
Police say they have accepted the reputational damage report.
The operator says the customer and the guardian have apologized to the firm, but it will deal with the case strictly from both civil and criminal aspects.
Key words : professor suspect found dead
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A Japanese university professor who was attacked on campus last year has expressed mixed feelings about the death of a possible suspect in the case.
Miyadai Shinji of Tokyo Metropolitan University was stabbed by a man last November at the school's campus in Hachioji City.
The 63-year-old professor, who is a prominent sociologist, sustained serious injuries.
Investigators say a man identified as a possible suspect based on security camera images was found dead at a house in neighboring Kanagawa Prefecture. The man is suspected of killing himself.
Miyadai said in an online program on Wednesday that he was notified by police at around 9 a.m. that the man had died.
Miyadai also expressed relief that his family and others around him are no longer at risk of being harmed.
But he said he has doubts because the attacker's motive remains unknown, and he will have to go on without a solution to the case.
Miyadai said if the attacker's motive were known, people who express themselves could know what to watch out for, and society could have new information on what kind of motives people have.
He added that it's regrettable that both matters remain uncertain.
Key words : south statue
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A higher court in South Korea has ruled that a stolen ancient Buddhist statue belongs to a Japanese temple that had publicly displayed it for more than 20 years.
The higher court's ruling on Wednesday overturned a lower court ruling that ordered the statue to be handed to a temple in South Korea.
The figure of a bodhisattva in the lotus position was stolen from the Kannonji Temple on Tsushima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan in 2012. It was later found in South Korea, and the statue is now held by the country's government.
The Busuksa Temple in central South Korea, which claims ownership of the statue, filed a lawsuit demanding that the government hand it over. It argued that the figure was previously stolen from the Korean Peninsula by Japanese pirates in medieval times.
A district court ruled in favor of the Busuksa Temple in 2017. The government appealed the ruling to the higher court.
In Wednesday's ruling, the court denied the Busuksa Temple's ownership of the statue. It said the statue belongs to Kannonji Temple, as the temple had possessed the statue publicly for more than 20 years.
The Busuksa Temple rejected the latest court ruling and indicated that it would appeal.
Tokyo has been demanding that the South Korean government return the statue to Japan.
Tanaka Sekko, a former chief priest of the Kannonji Temple, said he is glad that a South Korean court has for the first time acknowledged the legitimacy of his temple's claim and described the decision a long-awaited step forward.
Key words : taiwan ease next Tuesday
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Authorities in Taiwan say COVID-19 requirements for travelers arriving on direct flights from China will be eased starting next Tuesday. But, they say Chinese tourists will continue to be barred from Taiwan.
On January 1, Taiwan started conducting PCR tests on people arriving directly from China. The move was in response to a rapid surge in coronavirus cases in China.
The authorities have conducted PCR tests on about 45,000 entrants over the past four weeks. While 25 percent of the travelers tested positive on the first day, the figure dropped to 2 percent on Saturday.
The authorities note that they did not find a new variant of the coronavirus during that period.
The results prompted the authorities to conclude that they no longer need to conduct tests on only travelers arriving from China.
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