A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 101 km S of Itoman, Japan (63 miles) The temblor was picked up at 00:51:38/12:51 am (UTC/GMT) at a .
A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday near Naha-shi, Ginowan, Itoman, Tomigusuku, Chatan, Japan. The temblor was picked up at 16:44:40/4:44 pm.
Members of Myanmar's expatriate community in Japan are lobbying local assemblies to pressure the central government to accept their fleeing compatriots in the wake of the enforcement of a controversial conscription law by the junta in February.