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Japan maritime force vessels

YANGON, Myanmar - Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force training vessels on a round-the-world voyage arrive at Thilawa port, about 25 kilometers south of Yangon, in Myanmar on Sept. 30, 2013, for a five-day mission, marking the first-ever port call by an MSDF vessel to the country.

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Myanmar opens Thilawa Special Economic Zone

Japanese Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso (C in front) attends the opening ceremony for the Thilawa Special Economic Zone located 20 kilometers southeast of Yangon, Myanmar, on Sept. 23, 2015. Aso reiterated that the Japan-backed industrial zone is an important project that would lead to economic development and spur employment in Myanmar. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan mission briefed on progress of Myanmar economic zone project

Takashi Yanai, CEO of a Japan-Myanmar joint venture developing a special economic zone in the suburbs of Yangon, briefs a Kansai Economic Federation mission on Feb. 18, 2015, about progress in the project being undertaken with Japanese assistance. Work has been under way to build electricity, sewage treatment and other infrastructure facilities on a 200-hectare tract of land about 20 kilometers southeast of Yangon in the Thilawa Special Economic Zone project. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Billboard stands in Thilawa economic zone near Yangon

A billboard stands on Feb. 18, 2015, in the Thilawa Special Economic Zone in a Yangon suburb being developed in a Japan-Myanmar joint venture. About 70 percent of the project has been completed and some companies are expected to start factory operations in the zone as early as August. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ajinomoto relaunches sales of locally packaged seasoning in Myanmar

Takaaki Nishii, president and chief executive officer of Japanese seasoning and food maker Ajinomoto Co., speaks at a completion ceremony for a packaging plant of its local subsidiary Myanmar Ajinomoto Foods Co. at the Thilawa Special Economic Zone on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar's commercial capital, on Sept. 19, 2017. (NNA/Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's finance minister attends opening of Myanmar's economic zone

Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso (C) joins other guests in cutting the ribbon during an opening ceremony for a special economic zone in the Thilawa district of Yangon in Myanmar on Sept. 23, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Terminal in Myanmar port

Photo taken in the port of Thilawa in Myanmar on Dec. 14, 2018, shows a terminal whose first phase construction was completed with financial aid from the Japanese government. A ceremony marking the completion was held the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Acecook opens instant noodle factory in Myanmar

Hiroshi Muraoka, president of Japanese food manufacturer Acecook Co., speaks during an opening ceremony for the company's new factory in Myanmar on July 4, 2017, in the Japanese government-backed Thilawa Special Economic Zone on the outskirts of the country's commercial capital Yangon. Acecook became the first Japanese instant noodle maker to produce locally in the Southeast Asian country. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan-backed economic zone in Myanmar begins expansion

A ribbon-cutting ceremony is held to mark the beginning of construction to expand the Japanese-backed Thilawa special economic zone near Myanmar's commercial capital Yangon on Feb. 24, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo