Japanese man detained by Myanmar police at anti-coup protest

All Japanese should have left the hell-hole known as Myanmar long ago. They will simply be arrested and used as political pawns.

Boycott Myanmar.

A brave man with a conscience. Good luck, sir.

Fair play to him, though agree with fighto!

No. He should not have left.

We need witnesses,

That is what eventually put an end to the Vietnam war.

I hope the Japanese government is serious about getting him out.

I will admit that the Burmese junta will use him as a bargaining tool though.

After the executions last week. Respect.

He is a braver man that I

Kenji Nagai was killed there in 2007, Murder!

Kitazumi Yuki was arrested in 2021.

https://thediplomat.com/2021/04/the-death-of-journalism-in-myanmar/

We need witnesses,

Great! When is your flight to Myanmar?

Remember the Chess Board MR. Kishida. Japan needs to stay engaged with Myanmar. Work with India to keep Myanmar out of China's orbit.

It's people like him and others that brings us the news and events that are NOT controlled by the dictators of the world.

Good luck sir, and thank you.

Nan,when will you be traveling to protest

Naive Japanese government response

Give all journalists Diplomatic status so they have diplomatic immunity.

Give all journalists Diplomatic status so they have diplomatic immunity.

If that was done then the host nation would declare their activities were outside the scope of diplomacy, declare them "persona non grata" and order them to leave. It would also tie journalists to the government of the nation to which they belong and in that manner completely remove them from objective reporting. As "diplomats" representing their own government they would be bound to report the official government version of events and not be able to do serious investigative reporting. Who would you believe, the reporter from Reuters or Al Jazeera, or the "diplomat" reporter representing, oh say, Saudi Arabia or Turkey?

You think he would have left after he was arrested by very questionable charges. Heavily politically slanted totalitarian governments are not good.

Myanmar has always been a lost cause. Aung San Suu Kyi is no saint and never was a leader. She let her British husband die alone of cancer in hospital because she was worried that if she left Myanmar she wouldn’t be allowed back in. The woman has no humanity. Her Nobel peace prize should be revoked.

I dare say he will fare better than the thousands of Miyanmarese detainees.....

Difficult situation. Is he a journalist, a spy, a Christian evangelist, or a foreign asset inciting violence? I don’t know which but I have some suspicions. It seems he has a one sided agenda. If he was a journalist, he should make documentaries about western-backed Suu Kyi, who is criticised for her silence over the issue and for supporting the military actions while president, that killed 25000 Rohingya Muslims, 18000 raped and around 700,000 refugees going to camps in Bangladesh. But he didn’t report that.

a spy? Possible because the Japanese government previously got him released. A Christian possible motivation I don’t know, but when you go to Burma, it is swamped with well funded “missionaries”, especially in the Karen minority regions.

technicaly he is supporting and inciting violence, but if he is really a journalist, the world needs to see the totally unchecked violence and oppression carried out by the military junta.

so difficult…

I strongly recommend visiting Burma. People are very friendly, it is a very beautiful country, history and culture amazing, and food is delicious. I’ve only been twice, but as soon as COVID-19 stuff finishes, I’ll be there. Like most places, stay away from mass protests. (I’ve accidentally been tear gassed in London and Paris.)

At your own risk.

Don't expect anyone to help you when the s* hits the fan.

Tough and risky job.

People need to realize that when visiting a foreign country, they are subject to its laws, and any so called rights enjoyed in their home country do not apply there.

I strongly recommend visiting Burma

Well i hope you have a time machine to take you back in time when Burma was Burma before it became Myanmar