A Japanese business executive who was detained in Myanmar for more than a month has been released after being convicted of violating rice pricing rules, officials said Tuesday. Hiroshi Kasamatsu ...

TOKYO — A Japanese business executive has returned home from Myanmar following his release from more than a month of detention after being convicted of violating rice pricing rules, his company ...

Myanmar’s military authorities have arrested 11 people, including a Japanese executive, for selling rice at prices higher than prescribed levels. Officials said on Monday that the detainees ...

BANGKOK — Myanmar’s military government has arrested a Japanese business executive, along with dozens of local businessmen, for allegedly selling rice at prices well above the officially ...

Japanese Executive Among 11 Arrested in Myanmar for Inflating Rice Prices (Reuters) -Myanmar arrested four executives of supermarket chains, including an official of a Japanese joint venture ...

A worker carries bags of rice from a cargo boat at a jetty in Yangon, Myanmar, March 11, 2025. Myanmar's exports of rice and broken rice in the first 11 months of the 2024-25 fiscal year reached ...

Myanmar Releases a Japanese Executive After He Was Convicted for Selling Rice Above Set Prices TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese business executive who was detained in Myanmar for more than a month has ...

TOKYO — A Japanese business executive who was detained in Myanmar for more than a month has been released after being convicted of violating rice pricing rules, officials said Tuesday.

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