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- Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing met philanthropist Yohei Sasakawa in Naypyitaw on Oct 20.
- They discussed Sasakawa’s assistance to Myanmar’s internal peace process and human-resource development.
- Sasakawa helped broker a 2022 truce between the Myanmar military and the Arakan Army, which later collapsed.
- United States began re-engaging with Myanmar, holding talks in Tokyo in October.
- Japan’s acting envoy met Myanmar’s foreign minister in October, marking the first known public engagement.
