Myanmar should conduct fair Rohingya investigation: Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has told Myanmar's leader that a credible investigation into alleged human rights violations against Rohingya Muslims is key to resolving tensions in the country's Rakhine state.

Abe told a joint news conference after holding talks on Tuesday with Aung San Suu Kyi that Japan will support efforts by her country to accommodate Rohingya who returns home from refugee camps in neighbouring Bangladesh.

Myanmar's military is accused of widespread rights violations, including rape, murder, torture and burning villages, which sent about 700,000 Rohingya fleeing to Bangladesh since August last year.

Buddhist-dominated Myanmar has denied abuses by its military.

Suu Kyi's government has rejected independent international investigations into the alleged abuses and has commissioned its own probe.