Comment on “‘Donate Cameras’ Japanese Journalists to Support Those in Myanmar” [in Japanese]
On December 20, 2023, a comment of Professor Maiko Ichihara of the Graduate School of Law on the Asahi Shimbun article “‘Donate Cameras’ Japanese Journalists to Support Those in Myanmar” was published. This article is about Japanese journalists who were detained in military-controlled Myanmar after the coup in 2021, and who launched a project this month to support the activities of Myanmar journalists under oppression. Professor Ichihara stated that she felt it was an injustice that the world’s attention was focused on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the war between Israel and Hamas instead of Myanmar, which is also still in conflict. Under such circumstances, she emphasized that the activities of civil society are important, and that the Japanese government should also be proactive in this regard.
