Myanmar activists say detained Japanese filmmaker attended protest

Japanese journalist Yuki Kitazumi, who was detained and freed in Myanmar in 2021, shows off a photo of Japanese documentary filmmaker Toru Kubota who is believed to have been detained in Myanmar after filming a protest that took place on July 30, 2022, during a protest rally demanding his release outside the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo, Japan on Sunday. (Kyodo via REUTERS)

Myanmar authorities detained a Japanese documentary filmmaker after he attended a protest in the city of Yangon on the weekend against recent executions carried out by the military government, activists said on Monday.

The activists and Myanmar media reports have identified the Japanese man as Toru Kubota.