
Month: November 2022


America and overdose deaths: 107,000 dead in 2021

Kano Masanobu (1434-1530) and Japan art: Legacy of China

PM Sunak to work with three non-Asian nations and Japan against China

Honduras is under a State of Emergency to stem criminality

Japan art and Elizabeth Keith (1887-1956): Aberdeenshire to Korea

Somalia hotel frequented by politicians attacked by al-Shabaab

Japan art and Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847-1915)

Kishida office likely broke the Public Offices Election Law: Moonies

Hungary supports NATO membership of Finland and Sweden: Kurdish question

Japan art and Hokusai: Fashion and rivers

Tokyo hikes under PM Kishida: Consumer, non-perishable food, and energy

Japan art and Eisho Narazaki (1864-1936)

Somalia kills 49 al-Shabaab Islamists

Indonesia earthquake: 21 young students die in one school

Japan art and Kishi Chikudo (1826-1897)

Syria needs protection from America, Israel, and Turkey: Blind EU

Iwasa Matabei and Japan art (1578-1650)

Japan mulls tax hikes for militarisation: PM Kishida and America

Indonesia earthquake kills many children: Hundreds die

Kitao Masayoshi and Japanese landscape sketches: Edo Period

Turkey bombs Iraq and Syria: NATO and Gulf killing machines (Yazidis to Yemen)

Ogata Kenzan: Esteemed Edo Era ceramicist and artist

Philippines and Communist insurgents: Will Marcos Jr crush (US, UK, and Japan)

Ghana seeks $3 billion IMF relief

Japan art and the real Kuniteru: Edo and early Meiji

Xi and Kishida: China and Japan routine meeting

Suzuki Kiitsu and Japanese art: Contemporary homage

Bank of Japan contenders and the Elephant in the Room

Haiti and mounting Cholera deaths

Tsuchida Bakusen and Japanese art: Sado Island

The Buddhist CEO

Soami and Japanese art: Middle Kingdom of China

Russia permits Japan to retain a high stake in Sakhalin-1

Sudan and Central Darfur: State of Emergency

Kunisada and Japan art (1786-1865): Landscapes

Biden and Xi meet: Japan watching closely

Japan art and Ogata Gekko: Nature and ladies

Kenya sends armed forces to support the DRC

Kherson falls while NATO weapons kill Russians: Putin and no red lines

Hiroshige and Japan art: Winter season

Iran protests continue to rock the country

Rinpa art and Japanese high culture

Ebola crisis in Uganda leads to schools closing early

Japan and militarisation but Covid fiscal reality (China and Russia)

Japan art and Maruyama Okyo (1733-1795): Herons and puppies

Armed forces of Somalia and US airstrikes target al-Shabaab

Kuniyoshi and art of Edo Japan

Cameroon in a new influx of Nigerians fleeing Islamists

South Korea Halloween tragedy: The police were informed

Japan art and Utagawa Toyoharu (1735-1814)

China and Germany to strengthen economic ties

Kawase Hasui and Japan art: Evening and nightfall

Ethiopia and Tigray: Cessation of Hostilities

North Korea missile warning in Japan: Another malfunction

Kawabata Ryushi and Japan art: Buddhism

Burkina Faso: Fighting for survival against jihadists

Tsuchiya Koitsu and Japan art: Snow and serenity

Japan and fake capitalism: Bonds, Shares, and Yen (Singapore to G7)
