
Month: June 2021


Unemployment increases in Japan while political elites focus on the Olympics

Ethiopia announces unilateral ceasefire in Tigray: Armed forces pull out of Mekelle

Tokyo Olympics: India to the United Kingdom face more daily Covid-19 tests

Peru and election uncertainty remains despite the small socialist majority

Mali hit in two seperate Sunni Islamist attacks

Art of Japan: A flower cut down before full bloom

Hungary says EU must enlarge in the Western Balkans: Albania, North Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia

Japan finally passes 50 percent of elderly receiving first Covid-19 vaccination

Hunger stalks vast numbers in Madagascar

Over 5.5 million people in an exodus from Venezuela since 2015

Tokyo News: Governor Yuriko Koike to take a short break because of fatigue

Upon Leaving the Wild, Wild East in Afghanistan

PM Lofven of Sweden in historical ousting from power after the no-confidence vote

Tokyo Olympics and first international athlete fails Covid-19 test from a small team

Koike and pointless Olympics: No foreign spectators to no outdoor viewing events in Tokyo

New President of Iran linked to past executions of communists, socialists, and others

France and international donors to help the Lebanese Army

PM Suga to ease Covid-19 State of Emergency: Seeks Olympic spectators

Green Investment Receives a Boost in Kazakhstan

Poetry of Japan in bygone days and rich linkage with Northeast Asia

Japanese art during the Nanboku-chō period

Colombia and deaths of over 6,000 by the military: Ex-President asks for forgiveness

Covid-19 deaths reach 14,000 in Japan: 1 in 28 died outside of hospital

Saudi Crown Prince’s Decision May End his Country’s Support for Wahhabism

Protracted problems in Colombia met by deaths from the state apparatus

IOC announces Refugee Team to compete in Tokyo despite Japan being anti-refugee

Burkina Faso is a neglected crisis: Vast numbers need help

Tokyo Olympics: Official at the JOC aged 52 commits suicide in Tokyo

Sunni Islamists massacre over 130 in Burkina Faso

Births hit a record low in Japan: Ministries ruled by silver spoon elites to grand foreign projects

Tigray Defense Forces Resist Ethiopian Army Offensive as Sudan, Eritrea, and Ethnic Militias Enter the Fray

Japan provides 1 billion dollars to COVAX scheme: Huge debt and little help at home

Islamists in the DRC kill at least 55 people: Anglican Christian pastor killed
