Like several of its Western partners, Japan will now be represented in Yangon by a chargé d’affaires rather than a full ambassador. Japan has become the latest country to downgrade diplomatic ties ...

After spending up to 25 years in a refugee camp in Thailand, three families from Myanmar arrived in Japan today to begin new lives under Asia's first-ever pilot resettlement programme. The 18 refugees ...

Japan will provide US$6 million in emergency aid to assist victims of the recent earthquake in Myanmar, its government said. The details of the aid will be coordinated with relevant international ...