, which have remained in the JMA, declined to comment on Watanabe’s remarks. Suzuki said it prioritised the safety of its staff, while Mitsubishi said human rights are one of the factors it considers when doing business.
In May, a month before the JMA meeting, Yusuke Watanabe, Watanabe's son and the association’s secretary general, wrote an article published in the Diplomat saying Japan should act as a bridge to Myanmar's junta rather than following the Western policy of "regime change". In a written statement, Myanmar’s military government told Reuters Watanabe was "a long-time friend" who "always seeks better relations between the governments and citizens of the two nations”.Watanabe, along with U.S. former diplomat Bill Richardson and Yohei Sasakawa, chairman of the Nippon Foundation, when it released a jailed U.S. journalist, Danny Fenster.
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If this were a Murakami novel he would wake up the next day as a homeless cat in Myanmar.
Sick man no pride
Monkey always doing wrong.