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Students in Japan urge support for Myanmar people A group of students in Japan has asked the country s government and lawmakers to support citizens of Myanmar protesting last month s military coup there.
The group on Thursday handed in a petition signed by some 38,300 people to the Foreign Ministry and a cross-party parliamentarians league supporting Myanmar s democracy movements.
The students study the Burmese language at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, and gathered the signatures online.
The petition asks Japan s government and Diet members to urge Myanmar s military authorities to immediately stop violent crackdowns on citizens joining peaceful protests against the coup.