Japan urges release of journalist detained in Myanmar

Yuki Kitazumi on assignment during a protest in Yangon against Myanmar's junta, - The Straits Times/ANN

YANGON, April 19 (AFP): Japan has urged Myanmar authorities to release a Japanese journalist in custody at a Yangon prison, one of at least 65 reporters arrested during the junta's crackdown on anti-coup protests.

The military has ramped up its attempts to crush dissent following mass demonstrations against its ousting of civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, with at least 737 civilians killed and the press increasingly under attack.