TOKYO (Reuters) – Burmese activists in Japan have referred to as on the Japanese authorities and the worldwide neighborhood to take stronger measures “to cease the massacres” of their homeland, urging the imposition of an arms embargo to place strain on the navy junta.

Though Western nations imposed extra sanctions on teams and people linked to final month’s coup, activists mentioned extra strain was wanted, particularly from Japan.

Kyaw Kyaw Soe, a director of the board of administrators of the Union of Myanmar Residents Affiliation in Japan, urged Tokyo to make use of its affect to talk instantly with the generals, whose brutal crackdown on protests has left a minimum of 261 lifeless.

“I believe the Japanese authorities has some form of energy, diplomatic and financial and likewise political. I believe the Japanese authorities ought to converse on to navy leaders, ”he mentioned at a press convention in Tokyo.

“The worldwide neighborhood should step up … to finish the killings in Myanmar – not simply by making statements or making feedback.”

A Japanese official mentioned final week that Japan was monitoring developments in Myanmar for the reason that coup and would contemplate methods to reply. Japan is a serious help donor to Myanmar and there have lengthy been shut financial and commerce ties.

Zaw Min Htut, head of the Burmese Rohingya Affiliation in Japan, mentioned nobody ought to acknowledge the navy authorities in any kind, calling the actions towards these accountable “very small sanctions.”

“I believe it isn’t sufficient. You need to do extra, (in) a stronger approach. At the least the United Nations Safety Council ought to impose an arms embargo on Myanmar, ”he mentioned.

“These are the identical troopers who dedicated the genocide of my folks, the Rohingyas, in 2017,” he added.

“After 4 years, they’re doing the identical issues on the streets of Yangon, Mandalay, Meiktila. All around the nation.