


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
