Japan’s Quiet Embrace of Myanmar’s Top Rights Abuser

Expand Aung San Suu Kyi meets Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Akasaka Palace in Minato Ward, Tokyo on October 21, 2019. Aung San Suu Kyi comes to Japan to attend an enthronement ceremony.  © 2019 The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images Drowned out by the noise of the Rugby World Cup and overshadowed by the deadly devastation wrought by Typhoon Hagibis was a meeting between Japan’s leaders and an alleged war criminal, which went largely unreported by the media and unnoticed by the public. Myanmar military commander-in-chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing – whom a United Nations-backed fact-finding…

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