Month: May 2022
Hanabusa Itcho and Japan art: A free spirit
Japan and South Korea in spat over islets
Russia consolidates to protect Russians and Russian speakers in the Donbas region
Japanese Buddhist nun Otagaki Rengetsu: Art, culture, and poetry
Burkina Faso massacre by suspected Islamists: Benin and Togo
Hiroshige and Japanese art: Birds, Buddhism, and nature
Pakistan and increasing political tensions
America’s inferiority complex with China: Biden admin incites at home and abroad
Japan art and Buddhism: Kano Motonobu (1476-1559)
Quad statement by America, India, and Japan vindicates India: Russia
Japan art and Buddhism: Snow, the Moon, and Cherry Blossoms by Hoitsu
NATO Turkey threatens fresh offensive against US-backed Kurds in Syria
Biden and Kishida (America and Japan): Warmongering over Taiwan and nationalism
Buddhist art in Japan: Nara and eighth-century art of Buddha
Biden and Kishida (America and Japan): Highest ratio and biggest holder of debts
Japan and Zen Buddhist art: Shunso Joshu
Anti-Russia Kishida: Only Japan in Asia walked out of APEC
Iran protests and murky America and Iran ties: Social media stifled
Tokyo tourism: Tokyo Roof Garden in Higashi Shinagawa
Libya tensions and the legacy of America and the UK: Failed states (EU and Japan)
Japanese art and the fading dawn of ukiyo-e
Anti-Russia Kishida and mega debt Japan pump more money into Ukraine
North Korea Covid-19 crisis might create minor solidarity with South Korea
Japan art and Buddhism: Desolate mountains and monks
Mali quits G5 Sahel anti-jihadist force: France intrigues?
Japan art and Otake Kokkan (1880-1945): Rebellious spirit
Anti-Russia Kishida hits another economic negative: Wholesale inflation high
Muslims stone a Christian female to death in Nigeria