TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese government spokesman confirmed on Monday that a Japanese man has been detained in Myanmar and said the government is call.
Japan has urged Myanmar to release as early as possible a Japanese national who was detained in Yangon at the scene of an anti-coup protest, a government spokesman says.
A Japanese government panel is expected to propose raising the average minimum wage for fiscal 2022 by a record 30 yen or more from 930 yen ($7) an hour, sources familiar with the plan said Monday, as the country battles accelerating inflation.
Japan is encouraging regional authorities to take their own counter-measures against the spread of a new coronavirus variant that has sent cases surging to record levels but there is no plan for any sweeping national measures. A seventh wave of COVID-19 pushed the daily tally of new cases in Japan…