Japan envoy meets with Japanese executive detained in Myanmar

The Japanese ambassador to Myanmar on Thursday met with a Japanese executive of a local supermarket joint venture who has been detained for allegedly violating rules on the selling price of rice, the Japanese Embassy in Yangon said.Ambassador Ichiro Maruyama found Hiroshi Kasamatsu, 53, the merchandise division chief of Aeon Orange Co., in good health when they met. Kasamatsu has been under interrogation at a police station in Myanmar's largest city since Sunday.The supermarket is a joint venture established in 2016 between major Japanese retailer Aeon Co. and its local partner Creation Mya…READ FULL ARTICLE