Japan is ending 2022 with the highest number of daily Covid deaths
Japan art and Hiratsuka Unichi: Grand old man of Sosaku Hanga
DRC and internal opposition to foreign armies
Russia warns about the militarization of Japan: Northeast Asia and America
Japan art and Kikuchi Keigetsu (1879-1955)
Military drills by China in response to America prioritizing Taiwan (Japan)
Japan art and the snowman
Japan and high daily deaths from Covid under Kishida: 55,000 dead
349 million people face food insecurity: EU, G7, and sanctions on Russia
Japan art and Tsukioka Kogyo (1869-1927)
DRC and M23 insurgents: UN report specifies the role of Rwanda (ADF and FDLR)
Japan art and Kawase Hasui: Tales of winter
Japan Covid deaths reach 54,000: Worst year by far under Kishida
Taliban bans female students from universities in Afghanistan
Japan art and Henmi Takashi
US war machine reaches $858 billion under Biden
Japan art and Tokuriki Tomikichiro: Buddhism, Shintoism, and Zen at war in China
State of Emergency in Peru: Crisis intensifies
Bank of Japan holds $4 trillion of outstanding government bonds: Military hike
Japan art and Bakufu Ohno
US airstrikes target al-Shabaab in Somalia
Japan art and Domoto Insho: Early Showa art
Japan police custody abuse: Diabetic male dies after being beaten and left naked
DRC floods kill at least 169 people
Japan art and Imoto Tekiho: Shrouded in mystery
Japan to refocus on nuclear power despite the legacy of Fukushima
Japan art and Yoshimoto Gesso: Kacho-e and landscapes
State of Emergency in Peru: Mass protests in support of ousted Castillo
Japan and another monthly trade deficit under Kishida
Japan art: English working-class and Crumpsall workhouse in Manchester
Yemen and 11,000 children killed or injured: NATO and Gulf powers
Japanese art and fond memories of Korea: Hiyoshi Mamoru – colonialism
Iran executes people behind closed legal doors: Shameful Japan
Japan and military funding: LDP divisions and America
Japan art and Ito Sozan: Birds and ladies
Haiti cholera deaths reach 283: UN odious legacy
Japan art and Keishu Takeuchi (1861-1942)
South Sudan crisis: Refugees and massacres
Saudi Arabia and China underpin ties: Banner of non-interference (Japan)
Japan art and Kasamatsu Shiro: Early Showa era
Japanese management mainly opposes Kishida
Japan art and Eiichi Kotozuka: Sosaku Hanga
America and Australia want Japan to assist in containing China
Iran protests: Khatami and Badri Hosseini Khamenei
Japan art and Oda Kazuma: Tokyo in art
Japan and a decline of 2.6% in real wages under Kishida
Tosa Mitsuoki and Japan art: Edo Period art
El Salvador and Honduras intensify crackdowns on criminality
Kishida waffles about women: Japan 116 out of 146 WEF
Japan art and Goyo Hashiguchi (1880-1921)
DRC blames M23 Rwanda-backed forces for a new massacre
Japan art and Takahashi Shotei (1871-1945)
Japan Covid deaths to reach 50,000 in next 48 hours
Afghanistan religious school hit by terrorists: Students die
Nishimura Shigenaga (1697-1756) and Japanese art
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
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