Comments on: Is it Burma or Myanmar? http://www.mutantfrog.com/2007/09/26/is-it-burma-or-myanmar/ Photos, Stories and articles on East Asia Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:53:25 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Mike http://www.mutantfrog.com/2007/09/26/is-it-burma-or-myanmar/comment-page-1/#comment-272710 Mike Tue, 13 May 2008 18:04:26 +0000 http://www.mutantfrog.com/2007/09/26/is-it-burma-or-myanmar/#comment-272710 Maybe one hope from the recent cyclone is that outside help may open up the country to more freedoms and cultural exchange. <a href="http://mikelorimer.bloggerunleashed.com/generalnews/myanmar-facts/" rel="nofollow">Myanmar quick facts</a>. Maybe one hope from the recent cyclone is that outside help may open up the country to more freedoms and cultural exchange.
Myanmar quick facts.

]]> By: Durf http://www.mutantfrog.com/2007/09/26/is-it-burma-or-myanmar/comment-page-1/#comment-241159 Durf Fri, 28 Sep 2007 05:43:19 +0000 http://www.mutantfrog.com/2007/09/26/is-it-burma-or-myanmar/#comment-241159 Japan Probe has a very clear photo and YouTube video of the shooting. Soldier, from about a couple meters away. Japan Probe has a very clear photo and YouTube video of the shooting. Soldier, from about a couple meters away.

]]> By: Aceface http://www.mutantfrog.com/2007/09/26/is-it-burma-or-myanmar/comment-page-1/#comment-241157 Aceface Fri, 28 Sep 2007 04:03:19 +0000 http://www.mutantfrog.com/2007/09/26/is-it-burma-or-myanmar/#comment-241157 It's getting bigger.The shot was not a misfire,but at close range.Someone had captured the very moment on Video. MoFA is now demanding Yangon detailed info on exact situation of the shooting of Mr.Nagai. It’s getting bigger.The shot was not a misfire,but at close range.Someone had captured the very moment on Video.
MoFA is now demanding Yangon detailed info on exact situation of the shooting of Mr.Nagai.

]]> By: Adamu http://www.mutantfrog.com/2007/09/26/is-it-burma-or-myanmar/comment-page-1/#comment-241152 Adamu Fri, 28 Sep 2007 02:56:46 +0000 http://www.mutantfrog.com/2007/09/26/is-it-burma-or-myanmar/#comment-241152 Thanks for the info (Mrs. Adamu is particularly thankful). It's amazing how the coverage was transformed overnight thanks to this guy's death. Kenichi Hatori, the host morning show Zoom In, was doing his daily newspaper reading routine and was basically like 'this junta has got to go'. (Unfortunately I didnt see Mino Monta's reaction) And I picked up the Yomiuri this morning looking for a change, and they pleasantly surprised me: 1. BIG front page coverage of the dead reporter using the big bold headline style usually reserved for major catastrophe. 2. The editorial called for escalated J-govt pressure on Burma 3. Big 3rd page in-depth article detailing whats been going on since 88 and quoting some Burmese activists I know well. 4. All this coverage pushed back their cheerleading of the new Fukuda cabinet to the 4th page or so. Thanks for the info (Mrs. Adamu is particularly thankful). It’s amazing how the coverage was transformed overnight thanks to this guy’s death. Kenichi Hatori, the host morning show Zoom In, was doing his daily newspaper reading routine and was basically like ‘this junta has got to go’. (Unfortunately I didnt see Mino Monta’s reaction) And I picked up the Yomiuri this morning looking for a change, and they pleasantly surprised me:
1. BIG front page coverage of the dead reporter using the big bold headline style usually reserved for major catastrophe.
2. The editorial called for escalated J-govt pressure on Burma
3. Big 3rd page in-depth article detailing whats been going on since 88 and quoting some Burmese activists I know well.
4. All this coverage pushed back their cheerleading of the new Fukuda cabinet to the 4th page or so.

]]> By: Aceface http://www.mutantfrog.com/2007/09/26/is-it-burma-or-myanmar/comment-page-1/#comment-241148 Aceface Fri, 28 Sep 2007 01:52:46 +0000 http://www.mutantfrog.com/2007/09/26/is-it-burma-or-myanmar/#comment-241148 It's making headlines all over. The video journalist was Nagai Kenji.(from APF,a Japanese media production company.confusing but not Agence France Presse).Shot directly in the heart. Machimura was saying the day before yesterday that bashing Myanmar along with the west would only push them more toward Beijing.Not anymore. MoFA is now sending Yabunaka Mitoji,the deputy minister to Yangon.(he is actually a bald and wears a wig,but don't tell this to anyone because it's supposed to be a diplomatic secret) It’s making headlines all over.
The video journalist was Nagai Kenji.(from APF,a Japanese media production company.confusing but not Agence France Presse).Shot directly in the heart.

Machimura was saying the day before yesterday that bashing Myanmar along with the west would only push them more toward Beijing.Not anymore.
MoFA is now sending Yabunaka Mitoji,the deputy minister to Yangon.(he is actually a bald and wears a wig,but don’t tell this to anyone because it’s supposed to be a diplomatic secret)

]]> By: Adamu http://www.mutantfrog.com/2007/09/26/is-it-burma-or-myanmar/comment-page-1/#comment-241136 Adamu Thu, 27 Sep 2007 22:29:54 +0000 http://www.mutantfrog.com/2007/09/26/is-it-burma-or-myanmar/#comment-241136 http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200709270659.html Myanmar urged to end the violence 09/28/2007 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN Japan on Thursday called on Myanmar (Burma) to end its bloody crackdown against anti-government protesters, while 200 people rallied in Tokyo demanding an end to the military junta. photoActivists in front of the Myanmar Embassy in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward on Thursday protest the military junta's crackdown on the anti-government movement in Yangon. (REI KISHITSU/ THE ASAHI SHIMBUN) "The Foreign Ministry is trying hard to come up with the best way to resolve this," Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda said, expressing regret over the reported deaths and injuries of citizens and Buddhist monks in Yangon (Rangoon). On Thursday night, Hitoshi Kimura, senior vice minister for foreign affairs, summoned Hla Myint, Myanmar's ambassador to Japan, to the Foreign Ministry. Kimura conveyed Tokyo's concerns about the recent events and asked that Hla Myint's government exercise self-restraint. About 200 people, including Burmese residents in Japan, staged a protest rally in front of the Myanmar Embassy in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward on Thursday. Participants waved banners calling for the Japanese government to impose economic sanctions against Myanmar. They also carried photos of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of the pro-democracy movement in Myanmar. "I was afraid to protest the military regime but (what is happening in Myanmar) dispels my fear. I will do what I can so that my country will become a democratic one like Japan," a 32-year-old protester said. According to the Justice Ministry's Immigration Bureau, about 6,000 people from Myanmar are registered in Japan. Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura told reporters that Japan strongly calls on the Myanmar government not to use force. The United States and European countries are considering sanctions against Myanmar, but Machimura said whether Japan slaps sanctions against the country is an issue to be debated by Tokyo. He had earlier said: "I have wondered from before whether it is appropriate diplomacy (for Japan) to 'bash' Myanmar along with the Western nations." The government is calling on Myanmar to open dialogue for reconciliation and democratization. http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200709270659.html
Myanmar urged to end the violence

09/28/2007
THE ASAHI SHIMBUN

Japan on Thursday called on Myanmar (Burma) to end its bloody crackdown against anti-government protesters, while 200 people rallied in Tokyo demanding an end to the military junta.

photoActivists in front of the Myanmar Embassy in Tokyo’s Shinagawa Ward on Thursday protest the military junta’s crackdown on the anti-government movement in Yangon. (REI KISHITSU/ THE ASAHI SHIMBUN)

“The Foreign Ministry is trying hard to come up with the best way to resolve this,” Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda said, expressing regret over the reported deaths and injuries of citizens and Buddhist monks in Yangon (Rangoon).

On Thursday night, Hitoshi Kimura, senior vice minister for foreign affairs, summoned Hla Myint, Myanmar’s ambassador to Japan, to the Foreign Ministry. Kimura conveyed Tokyo’s concerns about the recent events and asked that Hla Myint’s government exercise self-restraint.

About 200 people, including Burmese residents in Japan, staged a protest rally in front of the Myanmar Embassy in Tokyo’s Shinagawa Ward on Thursday.

Participants waved banners calling for the Japanese government to impose economic sanctions against Myanmar. They also carried photos of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of the pro-democracy movement in Myanmar.

“I was afraid to protest the military regime but (what is happening in Myanmar) dispels my fear. I will do what I can so that my country will become a democratic one like Japan,” a 32-year-old protester said.

According to the Justice Ministry’s Immigration Bureau, about 6,000 people from Myanmar are registered in Japan.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura told reporters that Japan strongly calls on the Myanmar government not to use force.

The United States and European countries are considering sanctions against Myanmar, but Machimura said whether Japan slaps sanctions against the country is an issue to be debated by Tokyo.

He had earlier said: “I have wondered from before whether it is appropriate diplomacy (for Japan) to ‘bash’ Myanmar along with the Western nations.”

The government is calling on Myanmar to open dialogue for reconciliation and democratization.

]]> By: Adamu http://www.mutantfrog.com/2007/09/26/is-it-burma-or-myanmar/comment-page-1/#comment-241131 Adamu Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:34:58 +0000 http://www.mutantfrog.com/2007/09/26/is-it-burma-or-myanmar/#comment-241131 The response from Tokyo up to now has been muted, I'd say. I don't think they can stay silent now. The photographer (from AFP) was killed at around 3pm and his identity was revealed a few hrs ago, so we shall see the reaction tomorrow. I'll likely be joining protests outside the Burmese embassy this weekend and hope the J govt will stop all aid to the regime and show some freaking backbone. What happened to the Arc of prosperity? The response from Tokyo up to now has been muted, I’d say. I don’t think they can stay silent now. The photographer (from AFP) was killed at around 3pm and his identity was revealed a few hrs ago, so we shall see the reaction tomorrow. I’ll likely be joining protests outside the Burmese embassy this weekend and hope the J govt will stop all aid to the regime and show some freaking backbone. What happened to the Arc of prosperity?

]]> By: Roy Berman http://www.mutantfrog.com/2007/09/26/is-it-burma-or-myanmar/comment-page-1/#comment-241126 Roy Berman Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:35:11 +0000 http://www.mutantfrog.com/2007/09/26/is-it-burma-or-myanmar/#comment-241126 What has the response from Tokyo been? I heard that last night a Japanese photographer was killed in the protest there, so it might change things a bit. It was good that Bush spoke out about the Burma protests promptly, although really they were already under such strict sanctions from the US and EU that I don't think additional ones would have much effect. OK, so the Junta leaders can't send their kids to study abroad here anymore- I guess they're stuck with Singapore and Hong Kong. Boohoo. What has the response from Tokyo been? I heard that last night a Japanese photographer was killed in the protest there, so it might change things a bit.

It was good that Bush spoke out about the Burma protests promptly, although really they were already under such strict sanctions from the US and EU that I don’t think additional ones would have much effect. OK, so the Junta leaders can’t send their kids to study abroad here anymore- I guess they’re stuck with Singapore and Hong Kong. Boohoo.

]]> By: Aceface http://www.mutantfrog.com/2007/09/26/is-it-burma-or-myanmar/comment-page-1/#comment-241122 Aceface Thu, 27 Sep 2007 08:20:35 +0000 http://www.mutantfrog.com/2007/09/26/is-it-burma-or-myanmar/#comment-241122 I've heard about the argument from Burmese refugees in Tokyo that they wouldn't mind changing to Myammer under the democracy.But since the name change was conducted by junta one sidedly... I'm very angry over Tokyo's response to the killing of protesters. I’ve heard about the argument from Burmese refugees in Tokyo that they wouldn’t mind changing to Myammer under the democracy.But since the name change was conducted by junta one sidedly…

I’m very angry over Tokyo’s response to the killing of protesters.

]]> By: Mark Milton http://www.mutantfrog.com/2007/09/26/is-it-burma-or-myanmar/comment-page-1/#comment-241121 Mark Milton Thu, 27 Sep 2007 04:18:39 +0000 http://www.mutantfrog.com/2007/09/26/is-it-burma-or-myanmar/#comment-241121 I wish Burmese monks the best as they try to peacefully resist their government I wish Burmese monks the best as they try to peacefully resist their government

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