Kantaro Komiya https://kantarokomiya.com/ Portfolio of a bilingual journalist Sat, 20 Feb 2021 02:58:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 165929153 Photos: Thousands in Tokyo Rally Against Myanmar’s Military Coup https://kantarokomiya.com/stories/tokyo-myanmar-protests/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tokyo-myanmar-protests Thu, 18 Feb 2021 13:10:00 +0000 https://kantarokomiya.com/?p=3896 Photos & Text by Kantaro Komiya 日本語で読む Over the weeks following the Feb. 1 military coup, the Myanmar community in Japan has reacted with protest movements, organizing candlelight vigils and street rallies to urge Japan and international authorities to confront the junta takeover.

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]]> 3896 Midnight Express: Following Kotaro Sawaki’s Tracks https://kantarokomiya.com/travel/midnight-express/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=midnight-express Fri, 29 May 2020 16:00:00 +0000 https://kantarokomiya.com/?p=553 Six hours in a southern Thai town to revisit a legendary backpacker’s footprints ended up with my own overnight journey on a Bangkok-bound ‘midnight express.’ 日本語で読む CHUMPHON. That wasn’t too an unfamiliar name when I was on a ferryboat cruising across the Gulf of Thailand. That day, the ferry departed an off-season resort island Phangan, ...

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