Myanmar military sentences Japanese journalist to 3 more years in prison

Tokyo calls for release of filmmaker who now faces a decade behind bars

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Toru Kubota, Japanese documentary filmmaker, was detained in July in Myanmar after filming anti-military protests.

Nikkei staff writers

BANGKOK -- A Myanmar military tribunal on Thursday sentenced Japanese documentary filmmaker Toru Kubota to an additional three years in prison for violating immigration laws.

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