Japanese filmmaker Toru Kubota

Japanese documentary filmmaker and journalist Toru Kubota poses with a photo showing him holding a banner which he said he was forced to hold after his detention and which was used by the Myanmar army as evidence against him, during a news conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan (FCCJ) in Tokyo, Japan, 28 November 2022. Photo: EPA
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29 November 2022
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18 November 2022
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Japanese journalist Toru Kubota says he is grateful to be back home after being freed by...
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18 November 2022
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17 November 2022
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Former British envoy Vicky Bowman, Japanese journalist Toru Kubota and US-Myanmar citizen...
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17 November 2022
UK ex-ambassador, Australian and Japanese...
A former British envoy, an Australian economic adviser and a Japanese journalist left...
Prison security officials prepare for the release of inmates outside Insein prison in Yangon on November 17, 2022. Photo: AFP
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17 November 2022
Myanmar junta releases nearly 6,000 prisoners...
The Myanmar junta this morning released 5,774 prisoners including four foreigners from...
A group of activists hold up placards with the image of Japanese journalist Toru Kubota, who was detained in Myanmar, during a rally in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tokyo in July 2022. On October 6, 2022, a Myanmar court sentenced Kubota to 10 years in prison on two charges. Photo: AFP
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13 October 2022
Japanese journalist receives third Myanmar jail...
Myanmar's junta on Wednesday jailed a Japanese journalist arrested while filming an anti-...
A handout photo courtesy of Akihico Mori shows Japanese documentary filmmaker Toru Kubota in Kyoto, Japan, 04 March 2022 (issued 04 August 2022). Photo: EPA
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07 October 2022
Myanmar junta jails Japanese filmmaker for 10...
Myanmar's junta has jailed a Japanese filmmaker for 10 years, more than two months after...
A group of activists hold placards of Japanese citizen Toru Kubota, who is detained in Myanmar, during a rally in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tokyo on July 31, 2022. Philip FONG / AFP
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06 October 2022
Myanmar jails Japanese filmmaker for 10 years:...
Myanmar's junta has jailed a Japanese filmmaker for 10 years for encouraging dissent...
A group of activists hold placards of Japanese citizen Toru Kubota, who is detained in Myanmar, during a rally in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tokyo on July 31, 2022. Photo: Philip FONG / AFP
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13 August 2022
Japanese lawmaker meets Myanmar junta as Tokyo...
A Japanese ruling party lawmaker has met with Myanmar's junta leader Min Aung Hlaing,...
A group of activists hold placards of Japanese citizen Toru Kubota, who is detained in Myanmar, during a rally in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tokyo on July 31, 2022. Photo: AFP
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01 August 2022
Japanese national detained in Myanmar
A Japanese man has been detained in Myanmar's commercial capital Yangon, an official at...
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31 July 2022
Protest in Tokyo as Japanese journalist detained...
Dozens of protesters gather outside Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tokyo calling...