
Month: November 2016


Diverse Art by the Japanese Artist Shiba Kōkan (1747-1818): Dutch Art and European Studies

Serious Cyber Attack Allegedly hits the Japanese Ministry of Defense: Government now Denies

Mass Protests Throughout Burundi against United Nations

Karachi’s Security Crackdown a Boost for Pakistan’s Islamists

Derbyshire Landscapes by Japanese Artist: Bamford, Edale, Grindleford, and New Mills

Anti-Buddhist Media and Myanmar: Complex Regional and Historical Dynamics

Art, Christianity, Culture, and Liberalization under Famous Japanese Warlord

Paris Jihadist Manages to Grow More Radical in Prison

Japan says TPP is “Meaningless” without America after Trump Announcement

Art of Japan and Tensho Shubun: Zen Buddhist Priest and High Culture of China

Turkey Seeks to Sanction the Rape of Children based on Marriage: AKP and Sunni Islamization

Japan needs to Re-Align with China: Legacy of Buddhism, Confucianism, History, and Taoism

Beijing Encroaching on Moscow’s Military Dominance in Tajikistan

Japanese Poems by Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902): The Shadow of Tuberculosis

PM Abe and the Immigration Card: European Wasteland and Internal Poverty Awaits

PM Shinzo Abe of Japan says “Great Confidence” after meeting President-elect Donald Trump

The Islamic State Threat in Somalia’s Puntland State

Japanese Art by Sawako Utsumi: Sakai Hoitsu and Yokoyama Taikan

Japanese Folklore and Art: A Rather Mild Looking Ghost

America and the Russian Federation seek to Reset Positive Relations under Donald Trump

An Unwinnable War: The Houthis, Saudi Arabia and the Future of Yemen

Elections in Bulgaria and Moldova witness Favorable Leaders Elected towards Russia

Art, Culture, and Shintoism in Japan: Faith in the Shadow of Modernity

Sunni Islamist Attack Kills over 50 at Sufi Shrine in Pakistan

Germany’s Military Probes Growing Threat from ISIS Infiltration

Egypt to get Approved $12 Billion Dollar Loan from IMF: America and Russia should Shore Up

Bijin-ga and Art of Japan: Utamaro and Mystery

Japan and the United States: Shinzo Abe Scheduled to meet President-elect Donald Trump

Shinzo Abe of Japan Congratulates Donald Trump: Japan and Russian Federation Relations

Donald Trump Elected President of America: Ethnic Politics and the Demise of the Dynasty

Japanese Art and Poetry: Yosa Buson and Impact of China

Is Sleeping Beauty Kaliningrad Oblast About to Wake Up?

Yukio Mishima: The Last Great Japanese Author and Ultimate Ubermensch

China and Hong Kong Democracy: A Fragile Balance that is Untenable if Challenged

Japanese Zen Buddhist Poet of Rinzai School: Sesson Yūbai (1290-1346) and China

Pacific Alliance and EFTA after Brexit for the United Kingdom

Japanese Journalist Kosuke Tsuneoka, Suspected of Assisting ISIS, needs to be Charged in Iraq

Austria Focuses on Visegrad Logic to Protect European Borders: EU and Turkey

Western Style Portraiture by the Japanese Artist Yasui Sotaro

Germany Seeks to Silence Social Media: Immigration and the GDR Mirror

Poetry of Eighth Century Japan by Yamabe no Akahito

Why is Virginia a Haven for Would-be Jihadists?

Turkey Mocks Iraq and Sends Troops to the Border: Weakness of NATO and Obama

Indonesia and Australia may start Joint Patrols in the South China Sea

Japanese Artist and Nichiren Buddhism: Exile in the Snow on Sado Island
