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August 13, 2017 leejayuk

Malaysia Kills a Talking Point (Atheists and Secularists Under Threat)

August 12, 2017 leejayuk

Japan Art: Shadows of Sorrow and No Artistic Redemption for Yumeji Takehisa

August 11, 2017 leejayuk

North Korea and U.S. crisis: Russian Federation calls for a Double Freeze by all Vested Parties

August 10, 2017 leejayuk

Africa and the Nation State: Ethnic and Religious Tensions

August 9, 2017 leejayuk

China, Japan, Russia, and South Korea need to stem North Korea and the United States

August 9, 2017 leejayuk

Ogata Korin and Japanese Art: Legacy Heightened by Sakai Hoitsu

August 8, 2017August 8, 2017 leejayuk

Armenia and Azerbaijan’s Evolving Implicit Rivalry Over Nakhchivan

August 7, 2017 leejayuk

The United States is open to North Korea turning the corner: Tillerson and President Moon

August 6, 2017August 6, 2017 leejayuk

Shia Civilians including Women and Children are butchered by Sunni Islamists in Afghanistan: Taliban and ISIS

August 6, 2017 leejayuk

Art and Fusion of Japanese Culture: Kintaro and his many Representations

August 5, 2017 leejayuk

Mercosur Nations Suspend Venezuela and Request an Immediate Political Transition

August 4, 2017August 4, 2017 leejayuk

America Blames Iran despite Sunni Takfiris Killing Internationally: Christians and Hezbollah

August 3, 2017 leejayuk

Sophisticated Australian Airplane Bombing Plot a Warning To the West

August 2, 2017 leejayuk

Modern Japanese Artist: The Fading Spirit of Kano Chikanobu Awakened by Shintoism

August 1, 2017 leejayuk

Sunni Islamists butcher the Shia inside a Mosque in Afghanistan: Massacre in Herat

August 1, 2017 leejayuk

Opposition Leaders Seized in Venezuela based on the Diktats of Maduro

July 31, 2017 leejayuk

Trump administration in fresh anti-Russia rhetoric: Russian Federation and the Baltics

July 30, 2017 leejayuk

Twelfth Century Japanese Art of Tokiwa Mitsunaga: A Clouded Sky

July 29, 2017 leejayuk

Apple abiding by the Authoritarianism of the Chinese Communist Party: VPN Services

July 28, 2017 leejayuk

Moscow Considers Trump Too Weak to Be Useful

July 27, 2017 leejayuk

Political Malaise in Japan: Leader of Main Opposition Party Resigns

July 26, 2017 leejayuk

Art of Japan and the enigmatic Tsukioka Yoshitoshi: Creativity to Depression

July 25, 2017 leejayuk

European Art: Paul Gauguin and L.S. Lowry

July 24, 2017 leejayuk

56 Killed by Sunni Islamists in Afghanistan and Pakistan: Terrorists hit Kabul and Lahore

July 23, 2017 leejayuk

Japanese Poetry by Kakinomoto no Hitomaro: Seventh and Early Eighth Century

July 22, 2017July 22, 2017 leejayuk

Hungary Defends Poland against EU Inquisition: Orban says, “Will Europe be inhabited by Europeans?”

July 21, 2017 leejayuk

Cameroon on the Frontline in Fighting Boko Haram Takfiri Terrorism: Amnesty International

July 20, 2017 leejayuk

Japanese Art and Tosa School: Buddhism, Culture, and Power Dynamics

July 19, 2017 leejayuk

Japanese Art and Depicting Kabuki: Two Contrasting Styles

July 18, 2017 leejayuk

3.5 Million Japanese Children face Poverty: Japan Announces $1 Billion for International Children

July 18, 2017 leejayuk

North Korea should Open Up to the New Leader of South Korea: Military Talks Proposed

July 16, 2017 leejayuk

Children in Japan Betrayed by Bureaucracy: Only Half of Fatal Child Abuse Cases Reviewed

July 16, 2017 leejayuk

Jaish al-Adl’s Reemergence Threatens Iran-Pakistan Relations

July 15, 2017 leejayuk

The Russian Federation and Iran should put pressure on Turkey to leave Syria

July 14, 2017 leejayuk

Contemporary Japanese Artist and Utrillo: Fresh Eyes of Notre-Dame de Clignantcourt

July 13, 2017 leejayuk

Former Secretary-General Ishiba of the LDP questions Prime Minister Abe of Japan

July 13, 2017 leejayuk

President Macron of France Impresses President Trump of America in Paris: European Breathing Space

July 12, 2017 leejayuk

Japanese Art, Culture, and the Shadow of Shintoism in Modern Japan

July 12, 2017 leejayuk

Islamic Radicalization in the U.S. Military Surfaces Again

July 11, 2017 leejayuk

Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani and the Defeat of ISIS in Mosul: Holy Shia Cleric and Resistance

July 10, 2017 leejayuk

Ukiyo-e Art of the Meiji Era is Undervalued

July 9, 2017 leejayuk

Anti-Erdogan Rally Ends in Turkey: Kilicdaroglu Opposes the “Second Coup”

July 8, 2017 leejayuk

Torrential Rain, Floods, and Landslides hit Northern Kyushu in Japan

July 7, 2017July 7, 2017 leejayuk

Art of Japan and Kyoto: Nichiren Buddhism and Rinpa

July 7, 2017July 7, 2017 leejayuk

Swarms at War: Chinese Advances in Swarm Intelligence

July 6, 2017 leejayuk

Japan and the European Union sign biggest Open Economic Area in the World: America and Trump

July 5, 2017 leejayuk

Child Abduction in Japan and Parental Alienation Syndrome: Foreign Parents still Suffer

July 4, 2017 leejayuk

Art of Japan and Hiroshige: A Different Mirror

July 3, 2017 leejayuk

Japanese Financial Institutions are boosting Frankfurt over London: Daiwa, Nomura, and SMFG

July 2, 2017 leejayuk

Tokyo Assembly Election to set Political Ripples: LDP Defeat to Increase Pressure on PM Abe

July 1, 2017 leejayuk

Land of the Rising Sun and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

June 30, 2017 leejayuk

Germany to Silence Diverse Opinions by Holding Social Media to Ransom: Merkel, GDR, and Sharia

June 29, 2017 leejayuk

Holy Buddhist Warrior Monk and Japanese Art: Benkei (1155-1189)

June 28, 2017 leejayuk

Mavis the Magic Dog: Sakura the Squirrel and the Terrible Storm (Magic, Shinto, and Japanese culture)

June 27, 2017 leejayuk

Israel and Cyber Defence: Mossad, Technology, and Libertad

June 27, 2017 leejayuk

Uzbekistan Alters Its Vision for Afghanistan

June 26, 2017 leejayuk

Japanese Art and Kume Keiichirō: The son of the esteemed historian Kume Kunitake

June 25, 2017 leejayuk

Drugs Crisis in Iran emanating from Afghanistan: Sharia, Narcotics, and Shadow of NATO

June 24, 2017 leejayuk

Mexico, NSO Group, Israel, and Spying via Pegasus: The New Enemies of the State?

June 23, 2017June 23, 2017 leejayuk

Uganda needs Support from ongoing South Sudan Refugee Crisis: The United Kingdom and Church of England

June 22, 2017 leejayuk

Art of Japan and Changing Times through the Eyes of Yoshu Chikanobu (1838-1912)

June 21, 2017 leejayuk

Muslim Brotherhood Affiliate Claims Responsibility for Cairo Attack

June 20, 2017 leejayuk

Death in Mexico resembles a Civil War: Three Murders Per Hour in early 2017

June 19, 2017 leejayuk

Kosovo Serbs need a fair ICJ decision to break the Kosovo Diktat: Pointer of Burkina Faso and Niger

June 18, 2017 leejayuk

Japanese Artist Inspired by Diverse Art Themes: Hayami and Flows of Time

June 17, 2017 leejayuk

Austria and Germany irked by new US Senate sanctions bill on the Russian Federation

June 16, 2017 leejayuk

Recent Developments in the Chinese Army’s Helicopter Force

June 15, 2017 leejayuk

Buddhism, Japanese Art, and the Middle Kingdom (China): Rich Legacy of Tensho Shubun

June 14, 2017 leejayuk

More Christians Executed by Sunni Islamists in the Philippines: Maute and Crisis in Marawi

June 14, 2017 leejayuk

Grenfell Tower Blaze in London kills at least 12 People

June 13, 2017June 13, 2017 leejayuk

The United Kingdom and Brexit: President Macron of France says, “The door remains open”

June 12, 2017 leejayuk

Japanese Poetry and Yosa Buson: Shadow of Art

June 11, 2017 leejayuk

Adorable Garden of Chinzan-so in Tokyo fused with Religious and Philosophical Dimensions

June 10, 2017 leejayuk

Pakistani Law Makes Ramadan a Dangerous Time for Religious Minorities

June 9, 2017 leejayuk

U.K. Election Result highlights a Complex Picture: Terrible Night for PM May and SNP

June 8, 2017June 14, 2017 leejayuk

Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902) and Japanese Poetry: In the Shadow of Death

June 7, 2017June 7, 2017 leejayuk

Terrorists Attack the Tomb of Khomeini and Parliament of Iran: e-Khalq, ISIS, Jundallah, Jaish, or Operatives?

June 7, 2017 leejayuk

Russia’s Syria Resupply Route Through the Turkish Straits: Vulnerable to Terrorist Attack?

June 6, 2017 leejayuk

Kobayashi Kiyochika the Japanese Meiji Artist: Personal Tragedy and Early Life

June 5, 2017 leejayuk

Remembering Bahukutumbi Raman who was a true Counter-Terrorist and Security Expert: India and Pakistan

June 4, 2017 leejayuk

Sunni Islamists Kill again in the United Kingdom: 7 Die in London Terrorist Attack

June 3, 2017 leejayuk

Afghanistan Police Kill Protesters who lambast the Government, Taliban, and Pakistan

June 2, 2017 leejayuk

Soga Shōhaku (1730-1781) and Japanese Art: Intriguing Approach to Artistic Convention

June 1, 2017 leejayuk

Putin says Kurile is an Ideal Place to Check the United States in the Far East: Independent Japan?

June 1, 2017 leejayuk

U.K. to Hide Terror Funding Inquiry that Hints at Saudi Arabia: Prime Minister May or Tim Farron?

May 31, 2017 leejayuk

Sunni Islamists Greet Ramadan by more Endless Slaughter: Afghanistan to Iraq

May 30, 2017 leejayuk

Contemporary Japanese Artist and Shintoism: Kano School and Independent Spirit of Sawako Utsumi

May 30, 2017 leejayuk

Armenia and India Build Strategic Relationship

May 29, 2017 leejayuk

America and Japan to hold “Two Plus Two” talks aimed at strategies towards North Korea

May 28, 2017 leejayuk

Remembering Beslan and the Targeting of Children: Caucasus Jihadists are Still Killing

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