THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
February 4, 2021 at 17:17 JST
Protesters rally in front of the Foreign Ministry building in Tokyo’s Kasumigaseki district on Feb. 3 to demand Aung San Suu Kyi's release. (Tatsuya Sato)
Thousands of Myanmar citizens living in Japan demanded Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, detained in the middle of a military coup, be set free at a demonstration in front of the Foreign Ministry building in Tokyo’s Kasumigaseki district on Feb. 3. [Read More]
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