
Month: August 2020


Foreign policy of Japan in the post-Abe period: America, China, Mekong, and Russia

Iran and father gets only 9 years for beheading his daughter

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan to resign

Colombia massacres keep on mounting

Japan art and Tanaka Hōji: Taoism, Hōitsu, and Jurōjin

Belarus standoff continues while Moscow and Washington appear restrained

Aichi ends the Covid-19 State of Emergency

The Philippines hit by terrorist attacks in Jolo

PM Shinzo Abe visits hospital again thus raising concerns about his health

Japan art and Watanabe Shikō (1683-1755): Fusion of ideas

Ebola deaths and infections are increasing in the DRC

Japan and South Korea and the GSOMIA merry-go-round: Japan should focus on China and Russia

800,000 Covid-19 deaths with little let-up in America, Brazil, India, and Mexico

ECOWAS puts pressure on Mali but coup leaders say a transitional president

Tokyo Covid-19 infections and mounting heatstroke deaths

One million internally displaced refugees in Burkina Faso

Japan art and Sukenobu (1671-1750): Women from all walks of life

Increasing serious Covid-19 cases in Osaka and Tokyo

Mali mutiny is morphing into a coup after Political leaders held

Over 50 heatstroke deaths reported in Tokyo with Japan under intense heat

Belarus protests continue against embattled President Lukashenko

Japanese political system and keeping it in the family

Japan Covid-19 infections are high but stable: New high in Kanagawa

Malnutrition is stalking the Democratic Republic of Congo

Japanese contemporary art and stunning trees

Belarus protests continue against Lukashenko: Geopolitical tightrope

Sunni Islamists take a key port in Northern Mozambique

Heatstroke fears in Japan with the added pressure of Covid-19

Belarus protests after President Lukashenko declared the winner once more

Lebanon is in crisis while the Government resigns: The Geopolitical dimension

Japan Art and a radiant moon at nightfall in distant times

Bubonic Plague Deaths in China, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Mongolia

Japan in new Covid-19 infection high thus curtailing the Obon holiday for many

Japan to mark the 75th anniversary of Hiroshima while protected by US nuclear umbrella

Aichi to declare a Covid-19 State of Emergency from August 6

Fragile Lebanon hit by a huge explosion in Beirut with many dead and injured

Art of Japan and the fusion of ideas by Kanzan Shimomura

Japanese Art and Yumeji Takehisa: The sadness will last forever

Covid-19 in Japan is increasing in many prefectures: Folly of encouraging tourism
