The World Bank has forecast an 18 ... to a Japanese Foreign Ministry official, that channel serves as an opportunity to promote democracy and human rights. From an economic standpoint, Myanmar ...

“Japan’s strength is having a communications channel with the military, the only one with such access among Western nations,” one Foreign Ministry official said. Economic ties with Myanmar ...

Japan is under increasing pressure to choose between punishing Myanmar’s military over its coup last year or allowing it to continue joining a training program touted as strengthening Tokyo’s ...