Month: October 2021
Tokyo knife attack on Keio Line then fire set on the train carriage
Rich elites ply COP26 in Glasgow: A city where poorer males die 15.4 years earlier
Ethiopia crisis: Tigrayan forces claim to take a strategic town in Amhara
Art of Japan and exquisite birds by Yamamoto Kōitsu (1843-1905)
Sudan on tenterhooks: Mass protests against the military coup
Iran’s Atrocious Human Rights Record Must Be Addressed Before New Nuclear Talks
Japan election looms but apathy rules the day!
Art of Japan and Hōitsu: A delightful triptych of nature by this Buddhist monk
President el-Sisi lifts the State of Emergency in Egypt: Anti-Christian attacks and Muslim Brotherhood
Sudan in crisis after the military coup: PM Hamdok arrested
Japan art and continuity despite rapid political changes: Sakai Dōitsu (1845-1913)
China and Russia in joint navy patrol: the Sea of Japan, Western Pacific, and the East China Sea
PM Viktor Orbán of Hungary says, “We’re David who Goliath is best off steering clear of”
Japanese Death Poem: The final moments of Prince Ōtsu (663-686)
Japanese Buddhist poetry from centuries ago
State of Emergency in Ecuador: “One enemy and that is drug trafficking”
Yemen and UNICEF says 10,000 children killed or injured since the war began
Japanese Buddhist poetry: Saigyō, nature, and solitude
Myanmar needs a National Salvation government: Neither side can win, only more suffering!
Poland decries EU threat of economic blackmail: Endless Visegrad disrespect
Japanese poetry: Highly esteemed Hitomaro from 7th to early 8th century
North Korea and South Korea military modernization: Japan watching developments
Biafra, Communists in Indonesia, and East Timor: Shameful legacy of millions of deaths under Harold Wilson
Russia hopes for a U-turn in the EU’S energy policy
Japan politics: Komeito opposes LDP focus on increased military spending
Sudan needs international support to preserve the democratic path
Japanese art and never-never land
MP Amess stabbed to death by Islamist inside a church in England: Apostates face death in Somalia
Iran and Nuclear deal is a luxury that bypasses the fear of everyday life!
Japan election preparations: Opposition need apathetic non-voters to vote
Bloodshed in Beirut is a reminder that regional Christians have been betrayed
Japanese art and the feeling of Shinto through the prism of nature
Sunni Islamists massacre Muslims in mosque attack in Niger
Chile declares a ‘state of exception’ concerning Mapuche tensions
Russian Federation dismayed by PM Kishida of Japan: Kuril Islands
Austria and political order despite Chancellor Sebastian Kurz resigning
Buddhist poetry in Japan and the fallen Autumn leaf: Henjō (816-890) and Sōgi (1421-1502)
DRC and 26 million people facing food insecurity: WHO sex scandals to elites siphoning money
Shia Muslims killed inside a mosque in Afghanistan by a Uighur terrorist
Buddhist nun: Art, poetry, Japanese anti-Buddhism, and sadness of Rengetsu (1791-1875)
France and Greece sign Defense Pact: NATO members worry about NATO Turkey
Japan and the Russian Federation: Kishida and Putin hold a positive chat
Nigeria cholera deaths reach 3,000: Lassa fever deaths reach 77
Russian Federation test-launches the Tsirkon hypersonic missile from a submarine
PM Kishida of Japan announces a general election for October 31
China and Taiwan need statecraft: America, Japan, and blocs are meddling
South Korea open to lifting sanctions on North Korea: US and peripheral Japan
Japan art and the Persimmon Tree: Sawako Utsumi and homage to Sakai Hōitsu
America reaches 700,000 Covid deaths: Keeps ticking under Biden despite vaccines
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