Days after the Myanmar military coup on February 1, 2021, the Japanese and Australian governments publicly “confirmed” they would “closely coordinate together regarding the situation in Myanmar.” Since then, they have repeatedly expressed “grave concerns” about human rights abuses in Myanmar while pledging to “work together closely.”
Japanese Ambassador to the Philippine Koshikawa Kazuhiko led the arrival ceremony for the first batch of the 1.96 million additional Covid-19 vaccine shots from the government of Japan. Together with Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., vaccine czar and National Task Force Against Covid-19 chief implementer, Ambassador Koshikawa welcomed the delivery of…