Month: June 2022
Japan scholar and poet Abe no Nakamaro (698-770) and China
Burkina Faso Islamist attack leaves at least 79 dead in Seytenga
Japan art and Kano Sanraku: China and Pre-Edo and early Edo Period
Arab and non-Arab clashes in Sudan leave over 100 dead in Darfur
PM Kishida of Japan and “new capitalism” aimed at the rich
Japan art and Nakabayashi Chikuto: Birds, China, and landscapes
Australia and Japan turn a blind eye: Indonesia oppresses West Papua
Japan art and Yamamoto Baiitsu: Influence of China
Japan nationalism and amnesia: Kishida and Kishi and anti-Northeast Asia
UN alarmed by the array of militias in DRC: ADF to Rwanda
Japanese Buddhist poetry and shadow of death: Henjo (816-890) and Sogi (1421-1502)
Nationalist Kishida sprouts US-revisionism: 38 million displaced since 9/11 wars
Buddhist art in Japan: Muromachi Period and Kao Ninga
Nigeria says Islamists behind brutal Christian church attack
Japan art and Ishizaki Koyo: Beauty of birds, freedom, and space
Anti-Russia Japan in its amnesia zone: Russia and Naval Symposium
America, EU, Japan, and G7 continue to abandon West Papua: Indonesia and exploitation
Japan art and Edo artist Totoya Hokkei
Nationalist Kishida of Japan insists tourists need guides, insurance, and face masks
Japan art and Yosa Buson: Lone seeker to single cuckoo
Afghanistan and Biden’s left behind war chest: National Resistance Front
Nigeria and brutal attack against Christian worshippers: Blood keeps flowing
Japan Buddhist art in eighth-century Nara: Emperor Shomu
Japan reaches a new low in births and a fresh high in deaths
Japan art and Buddhism: Kaiho Yusho (1533-1615)
Russia, Senegal, and AU: G7 and EU sanctions leading to food insecurity
Japan and internal LDP tensions over Abenomics: A cheap Japan
Japan art and Ikeda Koson: Edo artist
