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Welcome to Mekong Watch
Mekong Watch is a Japanese NGO based in Tokyo. We combine research and
advocacy to address and prevent the negative environmental and social impacts
of development in the Mekong Region. We are especially concerned about
the lack of consultation with affected communities in development planning
and implementation and the role Japanese financing. By contacting communities
directly, we try to bridge the information and communication gaps between
them and decision-makers in Japan.
Webinar Series: Listening to Voices from Myanmar
Session 1: What Can ASEAN and Japan do for Democracy in Myanmar?
Date: Wednesday, December 13, 2023
Time: 19:00-20:30 JST
Details and Registration
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Japan must responsibly disengage from the Yetagun gas project in Myanmar!
What's New!
- yJoint StatementzStatement calling on the Japanese government to stop ODA and
publicly-funded projects benefiting the Myanmar military
(December 1, 2023)
- yLetter of RequestzJapan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) should forgo support of the Block B Gas Field Development Project in Vietnam
(October 2, 2023)
- yJoint StatementzTokio Marine sets Intermediate Decarbonization Target in an Ambition and Impact Lacking Move
(October 2, 2023)
- yJoint StatementzThree major Japanese non-life insurers left NZIA and failed to disclose the intermediate targets by deadline --NGOs urge insurers to set intermediate targets for emissions of the underwriting portfolio
immediately!
(August 1, 2023)
- yOpen LetterzUnited States Sanctions Myanmar Junta's Ministry of Defence -
Japanese Government Should Immediately and Completely Withdraw from the Y Complex Project
(July 25, 2023)
- yPress Release / Joint StatementzLao dam disaster: NGOs decry lack of effective remedy for survivors five years on (July 24, 2023)
- yOpen LetterzTo Mr. Obama, Re: Arrest of Obama Foundation Scholar in Vietnam
(June 20, 2023)
- yOpen LetterzJapanfs leadership urgently needed at the UN Security Council to stop Myanmar militaryfs atrocity crimes as Myanmar faces man-made and natural disasters
(May 29, 2023)
- yPress ReleasezSerious questions over the withdrawal of ENEOS Holdings and other entities from the Yetagun gas project
(April 17, 2023)
- yOpen Letterz 'No room for fossil fuels in climate-vulnerable developing countries': G7 nations must reject the rollout of false energy transition technologies
(April 14, 2023)
- yLetter of Requestz Cirebon Coal-Fired Power Plant Project - Expansion Plan in Indonesia: Request for Immediate Suspension of the Loan Disbursement and Responsible Action to Halt the Project
(March 28, 2023)
- yCollective Statementz Re: ADB's Draft Guidance Note on Large Hydropower - Collective Civil Society Response
(March 14, 2023)
- yPress Releasez Japan's "Zero Emissions" strategy is a Greenwashing 140 Civil society groups from 18 countries sent an open letter to G7 chair demanding support on swift, just and equitable transition from fossil fuels and not on "false solutions"
(March 2, 2023)
- yOpen Letterz Japan's "Zero Emissions" strategy is a fallacy - Japan must support just and equitable transition from fossil fuels not "false solutions"
(March 2, 2023)
- yCivil Society Joint Positionz Oil and Gas Restrictions under the OECD Arrangement on Officially Supported Export Credits
(February 27, 2023)
- yLetter of Requestz A Request to Engage with MS&AD to stop underwriting Fossil Fuel Projects
(January 18, 2023)
- yPress Releasez
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
(January 6, 2023)
- yLetter of Requestz
Statement Calling for the Japanese Government to Stop ODA to Myanmar
(December 5, 2022)
- yPress Releasez
56 groups from 29 countries opposed to Japan's promotion of False Solution Japanese Government should commit to ending fossil fuel finance at COP27
(November 1, 2022)
- yLetter of Requestz
We urge the Japanese Government to Stop Promoting "False Solutions" and Commit to Ending Fossil Fuel Finance at COP27
(November 1, 2022)
- yPress Releasez Further engagement by institutional investors requested Mitsui & Co.'s
new gas development and introduction of ammonia co-firing at coal fired
power plants do not align with 1.5 degrees target (October 17, 2022)
- yPress Releasez
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
(October 11, 2022)
- yJoint Statementz
The Japanese Government's "GX Strategy" is soaked in fossil fuels Japan should provide real solutions for decarbonization, but not false solutions like hydrogen and ammonia co-firing and LNG
(September 21, 2022)
- yLetter of Requestz A request for engagement with Mitsui & Co. regarding its new fossil
gas projects and ammonia co-firing
List of letter recipients
(August 30, 2022)
- yPress Releasez
Response from Eight Major Shareholders Regarding Y Complex Project in Myanmar More Action Required of Investors to Prevent Complicity in Human Rights Violations
(August 29, 2022)
- yStatement of Protest and Requestz
Statement of Protest and Request Regarding a Visit to Myanmar by a Cabinet Secretariat Councillor
(July 1, 2022)
- yJoint Statementz
Victory for local people and civil society! Japanese government announced to halt its supports for Matarbari 2 and Indramayu coal plants - Conversion to the false solutions, such as ammonia co-firing and gas-fired power, should be avoided -
(June 23, 2022)
- yPress Releasez
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 26, 2022)
- yLetter of Requestz
Call for Engagement with Companies Involved in the Y Complex Project in Myanmar
(May 24, 2022)
- yPress Releasez
Mizuho's Revised Climate Policy Prohibits Business with New Coal Clients but Still Not Consistent with Paris 1.5°C Target
(May 18, 2022)
- yPress Releasez
NGOs cautiously welcome ENEOS' withdrawal from Myanmar; call for responsible disengagement and decommissioning of Yetagun gas project
(May 4, 2022)
- yPress Releasez
13 Institutional Investors Respond to Call for Engagement -Concern Expressed Over Japanese Companies Continuing Business in Myanmar
(April 20, 2022)
- yPress Releasez
ESG-labeled funds found to hold shares in corporations linked to the Myanmar military Japanese companies exposed in report by rights groups
(April 12, 2022)
- yPress Releasez
MUFG announced its revised climate policy and 2030 target for power and oil and gas sector Still inconsistent with 1.5°C
(April 1, 2022)
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