Japan business lobbyist backs Myanmar coup, urges investment

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A Japanese former politician who campaigned to bring billions of dollars of investment from some of Japan’s top companies to Myanmar has urged Japan to endorse its military regime, saying the nation's coup leader has 'grown fantastically as a human being,' while praising his 'democratisation efforts.'

, 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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