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March 7, 2020 leejayuk

Japanese 8th-century poet enriched by the high culture of the Tang Dynasty

March 6, 2020 leejayuk

Putin and Erdogan Scramble to Find Workable Idlib Ceasefire Formula

March 5, 2020 leejayuk

Italy takes further emergency steps after 107 confirmed deaths from coronavirus

March 4, 2020September 1, 2020 leejayuk

Classical poetry of Japan from bygone years: This fleeting world!

March 3, 2020 leejayuk

Northeast Asian powers of China, Japan, and South Korea face major economic coronavirus problems

March 1, 2020 leejayuk

School closures in Japan based on the Coronavirus crisis creates confusion 

February 28, 2020February 28, 2020 leejayuk

Many Turkish soldiers killed in Syria: Turkey is exacerbating the crisis 

February 26, 2020 leejayuk

USCIRF’s Biased Advocacy on India’s Citizenship Law Tarnishes Its Image

February 25, 2020 leejayuk

Poetry, religion, and high culture in sixteenth-century Japan

February 24, 2020 leejayuk

The global spread of Coronavirus brings fear to Iran, Italy, Japan, South Korea, and others

February 22, 2020 leejayuk

Niger and France kill approximately 120 Islamist terrorists in the Muslim mosaic of Niger

February 21, 2020February 21, 2020 leejayuk

How Can Japan Boost Its Cyber Defenses Ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics?

February 20, 2020 leejayuk

The influence of France on the Meiji born Japanese artist

February 19, 2020 leejayuk

Cyber attack fears in Japan ahead of the Tokyo Olympics according to the Bank of Japan 

February 18, 2020 leejayuk

Elitist politician Shinjiro Koizumi takes time off during the Coronavirus crisis in Japan

February 18, 2020 leejayuk

Christian pastor and many civilians killed after another Islamist attack in Burkina Faso

February 16, 2020 leejayuk

Coronavirus and the Tokyo 2020 Olympics: 8 new cases in Tokyo and more nationally

February 15, 2020 leejayuk

Japanese Art and Poetry of Yosa Buson: A bat flits in moonlight

February 13, 2020 leejayuk

The first death in Japan from coronavirus (Covid-19) while internal infections increase

February 12, 2020 leejayuk

Counterinsurgency in the Sahel is at Risk of Unraveling

February 11, 2020 leejayuk

The Japanese art of Buddhist and Shinto holy men and the confusion of life

February 10, 2020 leejayuk

Over 900 dead from Coronavirus in China and over 40,000 cases internationally

February 9, 2020 leejayuk

Brutal killing of 26 people in Thailand by soldier over an alleged financial dispute

February 7, 2020 leejayuk

Protests Pose New Challenges to Iranian Regime’s Future

February 6, 2020 leejayuk

Tokyo Olympic jitters over the Coronavirus crisis with some 45 related cases in Japan

February 4, 2020August 16, 2020 leejayuk

Politics is being diluted in Japan based on endless hereditary politics

February 2, 2020 leejayuk

Poetry and culture in the bygone years of Japan through the prism of Buddhism

January 31, 2020 leejayuk

Tunisia’s Islamist Parliament Speaker in Hot Water Over Erdogan Meeting

January 30, 2020 leejayuk

Japanese artist through a period of political change

January 29, 2020 leejayuk

Local Government of Osaka at odds with the Japanese Government over Coronavirus

January 28, 2020 leejayuk

The United Kingdom and the Huawei 5G fine balance between America and China

January 26, 2020 leejayuk

Japan to evacuate nationals from Wuhan: 56 dead from Coronavirus and 2,000 infections

January 26, 2020 leejayuk

The Inconsistencies of Russia’s Policy on Libya

January 25, 2020 leejayuk

Japanese folklore and art through the prism of a loyal warrior

January 24, 2020 leejayuk

A subdued Chinese Lunar New Year in the shadow of the coronavirus

January 22, 2020 leejayuk

Christian pastor beheaded by Sunni Islamists in Nigeria

January 20, 2020 leejayuk

WHO meets over new coronavirus in China that is spreading

January 19, 2020 leejayuk

Clashes in Beirut based on the economic crisis and political impasse in Lebanon 

January 16, 2020 leejayuk

Photography of flowers in the early modern era of Japan

January 15, 2020 leejayuk

Calls for U.S. Troop Withdrawal From Iraq Continue as al-Amiri Emerges as Leader of PMU

January 13, 2020 leejayuk

Art of Japan and reflecting on a different age

January 11, 2020January 11, 2020 leejayuk

Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan is re-elected based on pro-independence and the Hong Kong effect

January 10, 2020 leejayuk

Japan PM to visit Oman, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates: US and Iran

January 10, 2020 leejayuk

Canada fears the civilian plane carrying 176 people was downed by Iran  

January 9, 2020 leejayuk

Japan seeks restraint from America and Iran before the planned Self Defense Force mission

January 8, 2020 leejayuk

Over 6,000 people perish from Measles in the Democratic Republic of Congo

January 7, 2020 leejayuk

Lebanon blighted by internal issues but Hezbollah threatens to embroil the nation for Iran 

January 6, 2020 leejayuk

Black on Jewish Violence Marks the New New Anti-Semitism

January 5, 2020 leejayuk

Japanese art and Torii Kiyonaga (1752-1815)

January 5, 2020 leejayuk

Another brutal Sunni Islamist terrorist attack kills children on a bus in Burkina Faso

January 4, 2020 leejayuk

Death toll from floods in Jakarta reaches 43 in the embattled capital of Indonesia 

January 3, 2020 leejayuk

US airstrike takes out Qassem Soleimani of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards in Iraq 

January 2, 2020 leejayuk

Austria Conservative and Green coalition: “To protect the climate and borders” – Visegrad nations 

January 2, 2020 leejayuk

Buddhism and poetry in Japan during the Nara Period

January 1, 2020 leejayuk

North Korea leaves the US door open despite possible new nuclear tests: Japan is looking on

January 1, 2020 leejayuk

Arab League warns Turkey not to send terrorists to Libya: Sullying of NATO

January 1, 2020 leejayuk

Bush Fires in Australia are devastating nature, livelihoods, and killing people in its path 

December 31, 2019 leejayuk

Planting the Seed: Ethnic Policy in Xi Jinping’s New Era of Cultural Nationalism

December 30, 2019 leejayuk

Tourism in Japan: Buddhist holy place and stunning mountain views

December 28, 2019December 28, 2019 leejayuk

Sunni Islamists butcher at least 90 in Somalia after a brutal car bomb explodes

December 27, 2019 leejayuk

Japanese art, culture, and ghost stories: The influence of Shinto

December 26, 2019 leejayuk

Sunni Islamists butcher mainly women in a fresh massacre in Burkina Faso 

December 24, 2019 leejayuk

Egyptian Government Cracks Down on Radical Schools

December 23, 2019 leejayuk

The brief fleeting flower of the Japanese artist Shigeru Aoki

December 22, 2019 leejayuk

Germany, the EU, and Russia condemn US sanctions over Nord Stream 2

December 18, 2019 leejayuk

Hizb ul-Ahrar: Pakistan’s Cross-border Taliban Problem Remains Critical

December 17, 2019February 2, 2021 leejayuk

Myanmar is a distortion for Islamic and Western nations to hide their crimes: CHT, ICJ, and OIC

December 16, 2019 leejayuk

Contemporary Japanese art and the mirage of time in the bleak midwinter

December 13, 2019 leejayuk

Conservative Party in crushing UK Election victory on the demise of the Labour Party

December 12, 2019 leejayuk

Japan to Sweden and the Sterilization of the “unworthy”

December 9, 2019 leejayuk

London Terror Attack Exposes Deradicalization Programs’ Failures

December 7, 2019 leejayuk

Japan and the new 1984 of corporate finance that suits the state apparatus

December 5, 2019 leejayuk

Japanese Art and Poetry: Typhoons and earthquakes take asunder to this cold earth

December 4, 2019 leejayuk

France points the finger at Turkey for allying with ISIS during NATO talks

December 3, 2019 leejayuk

Chinese Use of Marmaray Subsea Tunnel Another First for Belt and Road Initiative

December 2, 2019 leejayuk

Sunni Islamists butcher Christians inside a church in Burkina Faso

December 1, 2019 leejayuk

Art of Japan and the Buddhist holy preacher Nichiren: Mystical landscapes

November 29, 2019 leejayuk

The influential former Japanese PM dies but the legacy of Yasuhiro Nakasone lives on

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November 28, 2019 leejayuk

Dutch Court Case Reignites Europe’s Focus on ISIS Children

November 27, 2019 leejayuk

Art of Japan and the legacy of Buddhism and culture

November 26, 2019 leejayuk

Earthquake hits Albania leaving at least 6 dead and many trapped by rubble

November 24, 2019 leejayuk

France and the brutal murders of women by former or current partners

November 23, 2019November 24, 2019 leejayuk

Russia Adopts National Strategy for Development of Artificial Intelligence

November 22, 2019 leejayuk

Major protests in Colombia is following a similar regional anti-government theme

November 21, 2019 leejayuk

Art of Japan and the entangled state

November 19, 2019 leejayuk

Many protesters killed by the theocratic state in Iran

November 18, 2019 leejayuk

Lawmakers Ask State Department to Investigate Jamaat-e-Islami’s U.S. Affiliate for Terror Financing

November 17, 2019 leejayuk

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei mocks people in Iran for protesting against poverty

November 15, 2019 leejayuk

The lower profile of hacktivism by Anonymous and the state apparatus

November 13, 2019 leejayuk

Japan art before the eclipse of the Taira in the 12th century: Tragic boy Emperor Antoku

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