Contents: 1. JAPAN REWARDS BURMA FOR POLITICAL OPENING : Aid Linked to Junta's Talks With Opposition; 2. JAPAN DEFENDS DAM-AID OFFER TO RANGOON; 3. MYANMAR EXILES CALLS JAPAN AID "MORE HARM THAN GOOD"; 4. $29M GRANT HINTS JAPAN READY TO TAKE LEAD ROLE; 5. BUSH URGED TO MAINTAIN SANCTIONS; 6. INTERVIEW WITH SENIOR OFFICER OF THE KARENNI ARMY ON THE SUBJECT OF JAPANESE PLANS TO GRANT FUNDS TO THE SPDC TO REPAIR THE BALUCHAUNG II POWER PLANT; 7. INTERVIEW WITH A KARENNI WOMAN DISPLACED FROM THE BALUCHAUNG HYDROPOWER PLANT AREA; 8. DAM MISINFORMATION AND THE PARADIGM SHIFT; 9. A REGION AT RISK: MEKONG'S FUTURE MUDDY. [though this issue is marked as June 2001, I have dated is as May, since it contains no articles for June, and there is another June issue - DA]