Month: December 2021
Tourism in Nagano and Jigokudani Monkey Park
Osaka clinic arsonist and murder suspect of 25 people dies
Buddhism and the Japanese calligrapher Sugawara Mitsushige: Bodhisattva Kannon
Afghan females protest for rights in Kabul: Warning shots heard
Japan art and influence of China: Sakaki Hyakusen and Buddhism
Lebanon and President Aoun hints at closer ties with Gulf Powers
China and Japan Defense Ministers hold frank talks on Tokyo’s request
Sudan tensions erupt again after protests in Khartoum
Japan poetry and a life blighted by ill-health: Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902)
Islamists kill many in Burkina Faso and Niger
Japan art and Hishida Shunsō: A life cut short
Russia condemns NATO and US: You expanded NATO to the east – Japan and South Korea
Japan fears rapid increase in Omicron Covid-19 variant
Japan art and Gyoshu Hayami (1894-1935)
TPLF armed forces to leave other regions of Ethiopia
Japan to provide more economic support to Afghanistan
Kurdish prisoner executed in Iran: Family told he is in his grave
Japanese art and Tanaka Hōji (1812-1885)
Super Typhoon Rai kills at least 100 people in the Philippines
Japan to reduce Covid-19 booster waiting time for the most vulnerable
Bataclan Trial Highlights France’s Ongoing Security Challenges
Osaka fire kills many in a suspected arson attack
Japan art and culture: Kaihō Yūshō (1533-1615), Buddhism, and China
Imperfect return of PM Hamdok backed by Saudi Arabia, UAE, UK, and the US
Moderna Covid-19 vaccine for booster shots sanctioned in Japan
Belarus opposition gets long prison sentences: Draconian leadership of Lukashenko
Japan art and the fusion of ideas: Watanabe Shikō (1683-1755)
Japan wants to improve evacuation missions after the Afghanistan debacle: US failure
Burkina Faso and Niger kill roughly 100 Islamist terrorists
Art of Japan and Ikeda Koson: Hinoki Cypresses
Japan art and rinpa: Buddhism and high culture
Russian Federation warns Ukraine not to threaten Donbas: NATO military weapons
Japan supports the attendance of Taiwan at WHO gathering: China and democracy
South Korea in Covid-19 surge: Vaccine immunity waning among the elderly
The Chinese artist Shen Quan and his stay in Edo Japan: Sublime nature
India and the Russian Federation to strengthen ties: Putin to meet Modi
Mali massacre of bus passengers by Islamists and UN compound hit
Japan art and Yanagisawa Kien: Edo artist influenced by Buddhism, China, and Confucianism
Burkina Faso and Islamists are heaping sorrow on 1.3 million internally displaced
Japan art and the individualism of Nagasawa Rosetsu (1754-1799)
Australia-China Tensions Simmer Amid Trade War and AUKUS
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