Members of Myanmar's expatriate community in Japan are lobbying local assemblies to pressure the central government to accept their fleeing compatriots in the wake of the enforcement of a controversial conscription law by the junta in February.In petitions to assemblies, they are also requesting Japan and the international community urge the junta, which took power in a 2021 military coup, to stop the forced conscription that has incentivized a new wave of people to leave Myanmar.The conscription -- which targets Myanmar nationals aged 18 and older, initially excluding women -- signals a se…READ FULL ARTICLE
