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- Myanmar jails Japanese filmmaker for seditionAsia Pacific ·
October 6, 2022 · 6:14 AM UTC A court in military-ruled Myanmar has sentenced a Japanese documentary filmmaker to 10 years in prison for violating sedition and communications laws, a Japanese foreign ministry official said on Thursday.
- MarketsJapan says no pact yet with Sri Lanka on debt restructure talks
Japan has not yet reached an agreement with crisis-hit Sri Lanka to co-chair a summit on negotiations with creditor nations, a government official with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters, brushing aside a statement from Colombo on Thursday.