Some people in Myanmar people feel their situation has been forgotten amid the conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine. Organizers of the January 20 Japan fundraiser hoped to address those concerns.

And our job is to stand with the Myanmar people." Mitchell also says countries like the United States and Japan need to change ... to dealing with Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Ashin Htavara, 38, who helped lead the large-scale protests by Buddhist monks against Myanmar military rule in 2007, is visiting Japan to call ... Russia’s continuing invasion of Ukraine.

Several governments have imposed sanctions against Myanmar's military for ... law and rejection of the use of force. Japan has condemned Russia’s invasion and joined Western nations in imposing ...