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>From: "Schu Sugawara" <schus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>News Release from PD Burma-Japan
>
>September 1,2000
>
>Japanese Woman MPs confront MOFA-Japan
>
>16 Woman MPs of the Socialist Democratic Party of Japan, led by party leader
>Takako Doi,  visited the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on 
>September 1st
    to  request the Japanese government to take appropriate measures 
towards the Burmese
>government.  In their statement issued on the day, the 16 woman MPs said
>"The blockade of Aung San Suu Kyi's trip to her supporters is a clear 
>violation of
>human rights. We are deeply concerned about the future of democracy in Burma"
>
>They met Kunihiko Makita, the director of Asian Affairs Bureau, to request 
>the
    government to take stern measures to persuade the Burmese government to 
lift
   restrictions on the freedom of movement of Suu Kyi. Mr. Makita 
responded: "The
   Japanese government does not practice the kind of strong measures taken 
by the US
   and EU. They hurt the pride  of the generals in Rangoon. The generals 
never listen to
   the US and EU. Although Japan  has suspended ODA to Burma, it is the 
only country
   among developed nations to be  accepted by Rangoon. Japan will make its 
own diplomacy
   toward Rangoon".

   After the visit to MOFA, the group had a press conference in the Diet. 
They said
>that the reply by Mr. Makita did not meet international standards to protect
>human rights in Burma, and requested the Japanese media to write about the
>Japanese policy toward Burma as ambiguous. MP Tomoko Abe told the Japanese
>media.  "All information on Burma is coming from the oversea media, why 
>don't you
>try to cover the human rights violations that are  happening in Burma?"
[I have made a few grammatical and typographical changes to make this text more
accessible -- DA]


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<blockquote type=cite cite>From: &quot;Schu Sugawara&quot;
&lt;schus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx&gt;<br>
<br>
News Release from PD Burma-Japan<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br>
September 1,2000<br>
<br>
<b>Japanese Woman MPs confront MOFA-Japan</b><br>
<br>
16 Woman MPs of the Socialist Democratic Party of Japan, led by party
leader<br>
Takako Doi,&nbsp; visited the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)
on September 1st&nbsp; </blockquote>&nbsp;&nbsp; to&nbsp; request the
Japanese government to take appropriate measures towards the Burmese
<br>
<blockquote type=cite cite>government.&nbsp; In their statement issued on
the day, the 16 woman MPs said&nbsp; <br>
&quot;The blockade of Aung San Suu Kyi's trip to her supporters is a
clear violation of <br>
human rights. We are deeply concerned about the future of democracy in
Burma&quot; <br>
<br>
They met Kunihiko Makita, the director of Asian Affairs Bureau, to
request the </blockquote>&nbsp;&nbsp; government to take stern measures
to persuade the Burmese government to lift <br>
&nbsp; restrictions on the freedom of movement of Suu Kyi. Mr. Makita
responded: &quot;The <br>
&nbsp; Japanese government does not practice the kind of strong measures
taken by the US <br>
&nbsp; and EU. They hurt the pride&nbsp; of the generals in Rangoon. The
generals never listen to <br>
&nbsp; the US and EU. Although Japan&nbsp; has suspended ODA to Burma, it
is the only country <br>
&nbsp; among developed nations to be&nbsp; accepted by Rangoon. Japan
will make its own diplomacy <br>
&nbsp; toward Rangoon&quot;. <br>
<br>
&nbsp; After the visit to MOFA, the group had a press conference in the
Diet. They said<br>
<blockquote type=cite cite>that the reply by Mr. Makita did not meet
international standards to protect<br>
human rights in Burma, and requested the Japanese media to write about
the <br>
Japanese policy toward Burma as ambiguous. MP Tomoko Abe told the
Japanese<br>
media.&nbsp; &quot;All information on Burma is coming from the oversea
media, why don't you <br>
try to cover the human rights violations that are&nbsp; happening in
Burma?&quot;<br>
</blockquote>[I have made a few grammatical and typographical changes to
make this text more<br>
accessible -- DA]<br>
<br>
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<blockquote type=cite cite>====================<br>
working for:<br>
PD Burma-Japan<br>
PFB-lobby<br>
Schu Sugawara<br>
tel +81-48-771-8103 fax +81-48-771-8179<br>
schus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</blockquote></html>

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