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Japan’s Defense Ministry announced this week that as of 2023 it would no longer accept new military personnel from the Myanmar military for training in Japan, citing the junta’s execution of four pro-democracy activists in July as a major factor in its decision.
A Defense Ministry spokesperson said that the decision was a response to the military junta’s shocking execution of four political prisoners in July.
The meeting in Naypyitaw came as the junta continues to detain a Japanese filmmaker and Tokyo is being urged to cut all military ties with the regime.
A Myanmar army general who received military training in Japan served as a high-ranking officer in a regional command that has been implicated in serious abuses in ethnic minority areas, Human Rights Watch (HRW) says.
A Myanmar army general who received military training in Japan served as a high-ranking officer in a regional command that has been implicated in serious abuses in ethnic minority areas.