Japanese support engagement with crisis-hit Myanmar, survey shows

A total of 72.3 percent of respondents to a recent government survey said Japan should proactively engage with the Myanmar situation as part of international efforts to address the crisis in the Southeast Asian nation.In contrast, 24.0 percent of respondents said the government should not do so using its communications channels with both the military, which carried out the Feb. 1 coup, and detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party, the National League for Democracy.While the United States and the European Union slapped sanctions on Myanmar, Japan has been attempting to persuade the Myanmar m…READ FULL ARTICLE