TOKYO, June 20 Kyodo The Japanese...

TOKYO, June 20 Kyodo

The Japanese sway decided Friday to dispatch Senior Vice Foreign Minister Tetsuro Yano to Myanmar to seek for the immediate release of detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Yano will visit Myanmar onward Monday to urge the junta to achieve national reconciliation immediately, Japanese guidance officials said.

The junta detained Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, and other leaders of the opposition National League for Democracy upon May 30 in northern Myanmar following what the junta claims was a clash between Suu Kyi's supporters and backers of the regime.

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