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Statements, Petitions, Press Releases

July 10, 2023
[Press Release]Myanmar pearl company TASAKI and investors risk complicity in Myanmar military junta's international crimes - TASAKI must responsibly end all business with the sanctioned entity Myanmar Pearl Enterprise
June 11, 2024
[Inquiry]Inquiry regarding TASAKI’s business partnership with sanctioned entity Myanmar Pearls Enterprise
June 11, 2024
[Inquiry]Inquiry regarding human rights due diligence in relation to TASAKI’s business partnership with sanctioned entity Myanmar Pearls Enterprise
December 1, 2023
[Joint Statement]Statement calling on the Japanese government to stop ODA and publicly-funded projects benefiting the Myanmar military
July 25, 2023
[Open Letter]United States Sanctions Myanmar Junta's Ministry of Defence - Japanese Government Should Immediately and Completely Withdraw from the Y Complex Project
May 29, 2023
[Open Letter]Japan’s leadership urgently needed at the UN Security Council to stop Myanmar military’s atrocity crimes as Myanmar faces man-made and natural disasters
April 17, 2023
[Press Release]Serious questions over the withdrawal of ENEOS Holdings and other entities from the Yetagun gas project
January 6, 2023
[Press Release]Response from ten institutional shareholders of three Japanese banks that continue investment in military-linked projects in Myanmar Bank shareholders are responsible for stopping the flow of funds to the Myanmar military
December 5, 2022
[Letter of Request]Statement Calling for the Japanese Government to Stop ODA to Myanmar
October 11, 2022
[Press Release]Letter Sent to 160 Institutions to Urge Engagement with Three Japanese Banks Regarding Junta-linked Projects in Myanmar Continued Investment May Finance Human Rights Violations by the Myanmar Military
September 1, 2022
[Petition]Japan must responsibly disengage from the Yetagun gas project in Myanmar!
Submitted with a total 12,309 sign-ons.
August 29, 2022
[Press Release]Response from Eight Major Shareholders Regarding Y Complex Project in Myanmar More Action Required of Investors to Prevent Complicity in Human Rights Violations
July 1, 2022
[Statement of Protest and Request]Statement of Protest and Request Regarding a Visit to Myanmar by a Cabinet Secretariat Councillor
May 26, 2022
[Press Release]Letter sent to 101 Investors to Urge Engagement with Tokyo Tatemono and Daiwa House Industry Regarding the Y Complex Project in Myanmar; Land Lease Payments May Finance Human Rights Violations by the Myanmar Military
May 4, 2022
[Press Release]NGOs cautiously welcome ENEOS' withdrawal from Myanmar; call for responsible disengagement and decommissioning of Yetagun gas project
March 26, 2022
[Press Release]Civil society groups reiterate call on Japanese investors in Myanmar's Yetagun gas project to responsibly disengage
February 22, 2022
[Press Release]Myanmar's MOGE included in new EU sanctions Japanese government and companies must swiftly and responsibly withdraw from gas joint venture
February 18, 2022
[Press Release]Mekong Watch, FoE-J and JFM cautiously welcome Mitsubishi Corporation's withdrawal from the Yetagun project and call for responsible disengagement
January 21, 2022
[Press Release]Letter Sent to 125 Investors to Urge Japanese Companies Continuing Business in Myanmar to Stop Funding the Military
June 1, 2021
[Joint Petition]Japan Must Review All Economic Cooperation Projects in Myanmar
April 1, 2021
[Press Release]2021.04.01 Demonstration for Peace and Democracy in Myanmar We demand concrete action by the Japanese government to stop the Myanmar military's violence.
March 4, 2021
[Petition]Urgent call for an investigation into the connection between Japan's public funds and businesses linked to the Myanmar military Japanese civil society organizations demand that funding sources to the military be severed
February 1, 2021
[Statement]Strong concern regarding the Myanmar military's declaration of a state of emergency The Japanese government must do more for true democratization in Myanmar

Related Materials

November 26, 2024 [Opinion Posted in the Bangkok Post]
End Japan's loans to Myanmar's tatmadaw
November, 2024 [ODA]
Funding Oppression? Japan's ODA Loans and the Myanmar Military
August, 2022 [Yetagun Gas]
Youtube (short clip with English subtitles) #NoMoreBusinessWithTheMyanmarJunta "Japan must responsibly disengage from the Yetagun gas project in Myanmar!"
May 24, 2022 [Y Complex]
[Letter of Request]Call for Engagement with Companies Involved in the Y Complex Project in Myanmar
April 20, 2022
[Press Release]13 Institutional Investors Respond to Call for Engagement -Concern Expressed Over Japanese Companies Continuing Business in Myanmar
April 12, 2022
[Press Release]ESG-labeled funds found to hold shares in corporations linked to the Myanmar military Japanese companies exposed in report by rights groups
February 15, 2022 [Y Complex, Beer business]
[Report] Fair Finance Guide Japan Human Rights Thematic Case Study: Who is Financing the Myanmar Military? Tracking Monetary Flows from Japanese Businesses and the Institutions that Finance Them
January 18, 2022 [Thilawa SEZ, Yetagun Gas, Landmark Project (Yoma Central Project), Thilawa Area Port Terminal Operation Project]
[Letter of Request]Call for Investor Engagement to Urge Companies Continuing Business in Myanmar to Completely Cut Off Sources of Funding to Its Military Forces
October 18, 2021 [Telecommunications]
[Letter of Request]KDDI Group and Sumitomo Corporation: Do not facilitate human rights abuses by Burma's illegitimate regime
September 15, 2021 [Yetagun Gas]
[Request to METI]Urgent measures requested to ensure funds from the Yetagun natural gas project do not flow to the Myanmar military
(Additional link: Picking up our request to METI, Business and Human Rights Resource Center wrote an article) Japanese NGOs urge METI to prevent Yetagun gas field project from funding Myanmar military
September 15, 2021 [Yetagun Gas]
[Briefing Paper]Yetagun: The Japanese Government's Involvement in Natural Gas Development in Myanmar
August 31, 2021 [Yetagun Gas]
Statement by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry about Japan's involvement in the Yetagun natural gas project in Myanmar, given in response to an inquiry by Michihiro Ishibashi, member of the House of Councilors of the Japanese Diet (the upper house of Japan's parliament), August 31, 2021
July 15, 2021 [Y Complex]
[Joint Statement]Japan: Stop Real Estate Project in Myanmar - Commercial Dealings with Abusive Military Undermines Rights
February 17, 2021 [Y Complex]
[Joint Letter]Submission by Civil Society Organizations concerning Japanese Business Entities Operating in Myanmar
Attended to the Chair of Working Group on Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, UNOG-OHCHR