TOKYO, Sept 28, SPA -- Japan's Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda ruled outimmediate sanctions against Myanmar Friday in connectionwith the death of a Japanese journalist during a crackdownon protests, REPORTED AP. «Sanctions are not the best step to take now,» Fukudatold reporters. Japan was to press Myanmar's military junta for a fullexplanation of the death of Kenji Nagai, who was among atleast nine people killed Thursday when soldiers firedautomatic weapons into a crowd of pro-democracydemonstrators. --SPA www.spa.gov.sa/486483