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Tokyo, Japan:   The Burmese Rohingya Association in Japan (BRAJ) staged a demonstration as a part of “The Rohingya Global Day of Action” in front of Burmese embassy, Tokyo, Japan, on September 15, 2011, according to Mohamed Khan,Joint Information Coordinator, BRAJ. Rohingya and its well-wisher holding placards in front of Burmese Embassy in Tokyo   at “The Rohingya Global Day of Action” Demonstration in Japan “Rohingya in Japan and its well-wisher are demanding immediate withdrawal and cessation of anti-Rohingya propaganda and human rights violations by the Burmese civilianized military regime and restitution of Rohingya’s citizenship and ethnic rights in their homeland in Burma.” The Burmese Rohingya Association in Japan (BRAJ) organized ever biggest rally in Tokyo in response to the USDP Government’s racist statement in parliament of Burma against Rohingyas on the name of “The Rohingya Global Day of Action” “We are staging in the name of “The Rohingya Global Day of Action” Demonst

By BENEDICT ROGERS Published: 20 September 2011 Aung San Suu Kyi stands with Thein Sein after their meeting last month (Reuters) Two phrases have come to dominate conversations about Burma in recent weeks – “charm offensive” and “wait and see”. It is time to redefine the conversation. As far as the regime’s “charm offensive” is concerned, no one disputes that some things have changed in Burma. Six months ago, the military intelligence told me that there was “no change, no change,” as they threw me out of the country. However, now that assessment is no longer valid. The question we should ask is not whether there is change, but how much, how significant, how deep and how permanent it is? That Thein Sein invited Aung San Suu Kyi to Naypyidaw, allowed the meeting to be publicised, and that she has remarked on how positive their talks were is clearly a shift on the regime’s part. Whether it is merely a shift in style and tone, or a real shift in attitude, is unclear, but it is a cha