
Month: November 2018


Kanae Yamamoto and Japan art: Economic perils of his early life (Part One)

Multi-ethnic and multi-religious Myanmar is trying to solve many protracted conflicts

Islamist Terror Threat As Strong As Ever, Dutch Intelligence Warns

Iran and the state apparatus that crushes dissent: Elitist oppression and Evin Prison

Takeshiro Kanokogi and art of Japan: The influence of France

Japan art and Confucianism: The Bleak reality of Seppuku for a thoughtful artist

Intrigues in Kosovo aimed at inciting Serbia hints Russia: Orthodox Christians in chains

Quad Restrictions: Addressing PRC Investment Concerns in the Indo-Pacific (Australia, India, Japan, and US)

Mohammed bin Salman and Saudi Arabia: Western media and Muslim Brotherhood intrigues

Nissan scandal involving the under-reporting of 5 billion yen in income: Ghosn and greed

Remembering the counter-terrorism and security expert Bahukutumbi Raman: India and Pakistan

Tunisian Ennahda’s ‘Secret Apparatus’ Draws Comparisons to Brotherhood Origins

Art of Japan and Sado Island: Trilogy of Nichiren in the Snow during his exile

Cyber-security minister in Japan isn’t keen on using computers: Abe and cronyism

China, India, and the Russian Federation understand Myanmar’s struggle against Islamist terrorism

Myanmar leader says, “Southeast Asia’s final frontier market” but based on “social cohesion”

Japanese art and Claude Monet

South Caucasus Eyes Becoming a Hub Along EU–China Transportation Route

Sporadic protests in Iran are aimed at corrupt theocratic and political elites

Poetry and bleakness: Hell or heaven can’t defeat the futility of life

Zen Buddhism and Japanese Art: Taking Rinzai Buddhism to the rural poor

Japan art and one-sided love: Frailty of life despite his boundless love of Paris

Violence Continues as Pakistani Islamists Protest Christian Woman’s “Blasphemy” Acquittal

Contemporary Japanese artist and L. S. Lowry in Full Bloom by Sawako Utsumi

Myanmar by-election and the entrenchment of democracy: Multiple parties and ethnic vitality

Japanese art and the small window of Nagasaki: The Chinese artist Shen Quan (Nanpin)

UK humanitarian aid projects in Yemen are being bombed by the UK backed bombing raids

UK and Commonwealth betrayal in Pakistan: Remembering the Christian lady Asma Yaqoob

Language-Motivated Emigration of Russians Causes Shortage of Qualified Workers in Kazakhstan

Buddhist monk Jien and a window into old Japan (1155-1225): Poetry and history

At least 42 Shia killed in Nigeria after a demonstration turned into a bloodbath
