Month: October 2022
DRC accuses Rwanda again of backing the M23 insurgency
Japan art and Kano Hideyori: 16th-century art
Islamists kill over 100 in Somalia
South Korea tragedy at Halloween event
Hanabusa Itcho (1652-1724) and Japan art
Japan in $490 billion stimulus package
Miki Suizan and Taisho art: Culture of Kyoto
Japan’s morality: Tomahawk and Afghanistan, Libya, Serbia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen
Iran protests and Sunni Islamist terrorist attack
Japan art and Nakayama Sugakudo: Birds and flowers
Myanmar airstrike kills 80 in Kachin: Aung San Suu Kyi and UK legacy
Hiroshige and Japan art: Cherry blossoms and nature
Sudan and ethnic clashes: 220 dead in the Blue Nile State
Haiti crisis mired by the past: UN child sex and cholera scandals
Japan art and Yoshifuji (1828-1887)
Deng Xiaoping warned against Power Concentration: Xi Jinping
Japan art: Blossoming of Life before the Shadow
Chad protests leave many dead
Kishida in Australia (West Papua): Yen 150 to the Dollar and Consumer Price high
Rinpa art and Sotatsu: Japanese art, Buddhism, and class
Armenia must look beyond Russia: France, Greece, Iran, and realpolitik
Japan art and Hashimoto Gaho (1835-1908)
Meloni says Italy will remain pro-EU and pro-NATO
Armed forces of Ethiopia capture areas in Tigray
Japan art and Kobayashi Kokei (1883-1957)
Iran edgy about Azerbaijan, Israel, and Turkey’s plot against Armenia
Kiyotaka Kaburaki and Japan art: Lure of Kamakura
Bank of Japan and wage growth distraction: Kishida’s admin
Yemen and child deaths: Soldiers, expired cancer drugs, and NATO powers
Tojiro Oshita and Japan art (1870-1911)
Australia mulls more help to Ukraine but ignores West Papua like Japan
Hisashi Matsuoka and Japan art (1862-1944)
Kishida disaster: Yen from 110 to 147 to the Dollar in 1 year
Incompetent PM Truss to declare China a threat
Koyama Shotaro and Japan art (1857-1916)
Iran is killing its youth: Minors brutally killed
Takata Enjo and Japan art: Birds and simplicity
Artsakh: Armenian Christians need protecting
Kishida’s Cabinet approval rating plummets to 35 percent
Irie Hako and Japan art (1887-1948)
Somalia and 500,000 children face acute malnutrition: Islamists and war
Japan art and Toshikata Mizuno: Great influencer
Iran is killing its youth: Hadis, Masha, Nika, and Sarina
Massacre of children and adults in Thailand by ex-policeman
Kano Hogai and Japan art: Buddhism and nature
OPEC cuts oil production: US conceit (EU and Japan)
Ogata Korin and Japanese art (1658-1716)
South Korea missile failure and Japan warning system faulty: North Korea
North Korea launches ballistic missile over Japan: US shadow
Hishikawa Moronobu and Japanese art (1618-1694)
Armenians massacred by Azerbaijan forces in Ishkhanasar (NATO Turkey)
Hiroshige and Japanese art: Everyday life
Japan Covid deaths reach 45,000: Majority under Kishida
Iran protest deaths: Japan praises Iran friendship
Japan art and Utagawa Kunimasu: Kamigata-e
Burkina Faso in a new military coup (Libya NATO debacle)