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Myanmar frees Japanese journalist as gesture to Tokyo
Yuki Kitazumi, a Japanese freelance journalist detained by security forces in Myanmar in mid-April and accused of spreading fake news criticizing the military coup gestures to speak upon his arrival at Narita International Airport, in Narita, east of Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
YangonMyanmarJapanTokyoUnited-statesPyayObagoJapaneseBurmaToshimitsu-motegiYuki-kitazumiEmerlynne-gilAn arrested Japanese reporter returned home on Friday after being released by Myanmar’s ruling junta in what it called a gesture of friendship to Japan.
Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Toshimitsu Motegi said that Yuki Kitazumi was released after efforts by Japanese diplomats and others.
The reporter boarded a plane at Yangon’s airport and landed in Japan on Friday night.
Kitazumi, a freelance journalist and former reporter for Japan’s Nikkei business daily, said in brief comments at the airport that he learned of his release the night before and was told to pack his bag in 10 minutes.
“As a journalist I wanted
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