Japanese among 65 reporters held


Occupational hazard: Police escorting Kitazumi at the Myaynigone police station in Yangon. — AP

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

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