The new chief of a Myanmar pro-democracy organization in Japan calls on its people to band together for the Southeast Asian country s shadow government formed after a military coup more than a year ago.
A group of Myanmar residents in Japan has launched a crowdfunding campaign to support compatriots who evacuated their homes or lost their jobs due to the military coup last year.
Whether he is studying at a vocational school in Tokyo or doing a part-time job, Lian Ceu always worries about his parents and younger brother in Myanmar who survived but became displaced after his family s house in Chin State was destroyed by the country s military during an air strike last September.
About 70 percent of Japanese companies investing in Myanmar will either maintain or expand their operations in the Southeast Asian country in a year or two despite the severe hit to its economy from last year s military coup and the coronavirus pandemic, according to a Japan External Trade Organization report.