Japan envoy says U.S. sought help to free journalist in Myanmar

The U.S. government sought the help of Yohei Sasakawa, Japan's special envoy for national reconciliation in Myanmar, to win the freedom of American journalist recently jailed for 11 years by a military court, the envoy revealed Thursday.Sasakawa, chairman of the philanthropic Nippon Foundation, made the remarks in an interview with Kyodo News amid his "personal" visit to Myanmar, where the military ousted the elected government of civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi last February.He said he was asked by the U.S. government to intercede with the military in the case of Danny Fenster, the managi…READ FULL ARTICLE