
Month: November 2021


Japan art and bijan-ga (beautiful ladies) of the Edo Period

Japan border controls tightened on new Covid variant first noted in Botswana

China, India, and Russia voice concern about Afghanistan: Humanitarian assistance and drugs

Japan art and self-portrait while dying: Iwasa Matabei (1578-1650)

Australia sends troops to the Solomon Islands: Chinatown attacked again

China and Russia to increase military drills in Northeast Asia: Japan geopolitics

Erdogan Fosters Anti-Western Sentiment in Turkey

Bus accident kills 45 in Bulgaria: Passengers mainly from North Macedonia

Japan art and the intriguing Hanabusa Itchō (1652-1724)

Sudan coup leaders reinstate PM Abdalla Hamdok: Tensions remain

Cameroon, Chad, and Nigeria to alter fight against Islamist terrorists: Instability in Africa

Art of Japan and Sanraku: Pre-Edo period to early Edo and anti-Christianity

Uganda kills Islamist ADF terrorist recruiting cleric after the recent attack

Japan and record $490 billion stimulus package: Debt and right target?

United States drug overdose deaths reach 100,000 in 12 month period

Japan to allow people to mix third Covid-19 vaccine shot

The Internationalization of the Belarusian Political Crisis Not Working Out in the West’s Favor

Pakistan and religious minorities: Christians, Hindus, Sikhs, and others feel betrayed

Art of 12th century Japan: Mitsunaga and a glimpse into the ending of the Heian Period

Japan Covid-19 fully vaccinated nearing 75 percent: G-7 political factors

India faces possible US sanctions over S-400 air defense systems from Russia

PM Kishida appoints Hayashi to the dismay of Abe and Aso: Foreign Minister and China

Sudan and new ruling council led by General al-Burhan

Ethiopia crisis: TPLF forces accused of raping women in the Amhara region

Presidential candidate in South Korea expresses doubt of any military alliance with Japan

Covid-19 numbers in Japan continue to decline

PM Kishida in anti-China Human Rights post: Japan and anti-Armenian Turkey can’t let go

Iraq assassination attempt against PM al-Kadhimi fails

Art of Japan and Hishida Shunsō: Nature and Buddhism

ANC in worst election result since Apartheid ended in South Africa

Quad for Sudan to support stability: Saudi Arabia, UAE, UK, and the US

Tokyo train attacker had planned outside attack first: Desires the death penalty

CSTO ‘Combat Brotherhood 2021’ Exercises Send Strong Message to Afghanistan

Ethiopia crisis: TPLF and Oromo forces seek to expand

Art of Japan and the Middle Kingdom (China): Buddhism, Confucianism, and other ideas

Opposition leader in Japan to resign: Failure of Yukio Edano

Yemen war: Mosque and religious building hit by Houthi missile attack
