Burmese living in Japan, and Japanese, held rallies across the country on Feb. 1, 2023 to support the democratic forces and anti-coup resistance in Burma. They called on the Japanese government and the international community to force the military to return Burma to a democracy by releasing the country's elected leaders jailed since the 2021 coup. Japan's leaders called on the military to abide by the ASEAN Five-Point Consensus and officials met with the National Unity Government (NUG) in Tokyo.

DVB Youth Voice profiles one family whose son was in his first-year at university in 2021 when the military coup took place. This set him on a path to realize his childhood dream of becoming a soldier by joining the People's Defense Force (PDF) rather than the military his grandfather once proudly served in. #WhatshappeninginMyanmar DVB English - https://english.dvb.no Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/dvbenglish Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/dvbenglish YouTube - https://www.youtube.co