
Month: August 2016


High Peak in Derbyshire and Japanese Artist: Bamford, Edale, Grindleford, and New Mills

On the Verge of Peace: Colombia Reaches Final Agreement with the FARC

Mavis the Magic Dog: Sakura the Squirrel and the Terrible Storm (Magic, Nature, and Shinto)

NATO Turkey is Killing the Kurds Directly in Syria: Obama is the new Arthur Zimmermann

Visegrad must Unite against Merkel’s Ambition to Dilute Europe: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia

Taiwan’s Military Reforms and Strategy: Reset Required

Revolutionary Period in Japan and the Artist Sadahide

Book for Children: Mavis, the Japanese Boy called Ryo and the Magical World of Shimabara

Earthquake Tragedy Strikes Central Italy

Chinese Military Promises Aid to Syria

Alyse Radenovic and Biblical Art: Judaism, the Belief of the Pharaoh and the Jews of China

Utagawa Kuniyoshi and Adorable Japanese Landscapes: Natural Flow of Nature

Azerbaijan and Geopolitical Concerns: Russian Federation and Turkey

South Sudan’s Risky Political Impasse

Art Book of Japan and European Art: Buddhism, Churches, Derbyshire, Dutch Art, Shinto, and Ukiyo-e

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi and Art of Japan: Creativity, Depression, and Changing Times

The Philippines’ Misguided Plan to Stop South China Sea Tensions

Hassan Nasrallah and Hezbollah on the Frontline in Fighting Sectarian Takfiri Islamists

Japanese Art and Eishōsai Chōki

A New Threat to Libya’s Stability Emerges

Sunni Takfiri threat against Christians and Indigenous Muslims in the Lake Chad Basin

Influence of Paris Art Scene for Alfred Sisley and Fujishima Takeji

Japanese History and Culture: Ikebana (living flowers)

Syria: Jabhat al-Nusra’s Rebranding Aims To Ensure Group’s Survival

Meiji to the Mirage of Modern Tokyo Lady: Photography of Japan

Sawako Utsumi and Art of Japan: Yokoyama Taikan and Sakai Hoitsu

Erdogan-Gulen Power Struggle Divides European Turks

Emperor Akihito of Japan needs Similar Dignity in Possible Abdication

Terrorists enter Syria based on Gulf and NATO Intrigues: Blockade and Refugees

Ghost of Koheiji and Konishi Hirosada: Japanese Art and Folklore

Attack on Gülen Movement Increasingly a Cornerstone of Turkey’s Foreign Policy in the Balkans

Burundi Opposes French-led United Nations Resolution Citing Infringement of Sovereignty

Japan Art, Utagawa Toyokuni, and Kabuki: Pragmatic Alternative to Sharaku

Slow-motion Coup in Venezuela?

South Africa’s Local Election: ANC Cronyism is Catching Up

Ando Hiroshige: Landscapes, Sexuality, to Buddhist Monk

Child Abuse Cases in Japan Jumps to over 100,000: Social Ills and Signs of Growing Awareness

China Quietly Displacing Both Russia and US From Central Asia

Homosexual Raped and Brutally Murdered in Turkey: PC Liberal Betrayal of Real Refugees

Japanese Art and a Spice of Ukiyo-e: Mountains in Blue and the Kami of Shinto

Japan and North Korea: Ballistic Missile Enters Japanese Waters and Surreal Reality

The Struggle with Islamic State that Turkey Hoped to Avoid

Claude Monet and Impact of Japanese Art: Impressionism and Ukiyo-e

Tosa School and Japanese Art: Buddhism, Dynamics of Power and Tosa Mitsunobu
