October 7, 2022
reporter Toru Kubota was sentenced to seven years for violating the electronic transactions law and three years for incitement. The sentences were to be served concurrently.
FILE - An image of Toru Kubota, a Japanese journalist detained in Myanmar while covering a protest, is displayed at the Japan Press Club in Tokyo on Aug. 3, 2022 as his friends gathered at the club calling for his immediate release. Diplomat says Myanmar court gives 10-year prison sentence to Japanese journalist who filmed anti-government protest. (AP Photo/Yuri Kageyama, File)