Tag: Lee Jay Walker
Ando Hiroshige and Japan art: Sexuality, landscapes, and becoming a Buddhist Monk
Kanae Yamamoto and Japan art: Economic perils of his early life (Part One)
Multi-ethnic and multi-religious Myanmar is trying to solve many protracted conflicts
Takeshiro Kanokogi and art of Japan: The influence of France
Japan art and Confucianism: The Bleak reality of Seppuku for a thoughtful artist
Mohammed bin Salman and Saudi Arabia: Western media and Muslim Brotherhood intrigues
Nissan scandal involving the under-reporting of 5 billion yen in income: Ghosn and greed
Art of Japan and Sado Island: Trilogy of Nichiren in the Snow during his exile
Cyber-security minister in Japan isn’t keen on using computers: Abe and cronyism
China, India, and the Russian Federation understand Myanmar’s struggle against Islamist terrorism
Myanmar leader says, “Southeast Asia’s final frontier market” but based on “social cohesion”
Poetry and bleakness: Hell or heaven can’t defeat the futility of life
Zen Buddhism and Japanese Art: Taking Rinzai Buddhism to the rural poor
Contemporary Japanese artist and L. S. Lowry in Full Bloom by Sawako Utsumi
UK and Commonwealth betrayal in Pakistan: Remembering the Christian lady Asma Yaqoob
Buddhist monk Jien and a window into old Japan (1155-1225): Poetry and history
The poetry of old Japan: Yamabe no Akahito and the devoutly Buddhist Emperor Shōmu
Sanctions against Myanmar are “Nonsense” claims the Ambassador of Japan
Japanese art and poetry: The last throes before the ghost of time
Prime Minister Abe of Japan meets President Xi of China: A wary eye remains
Another massacre of innocents in Yemen by the Saudi Arabia-led coalition
Buddhist art and the Japanese priest Mokuan Reien: The Middle Kingdom and Mu Qi
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia needs the chance to modernize society
Japan hopes America will not pull out of INF treaty with the Russian Federation
Myanmar seeks dialogue with the United Nations Special Envoy: Non-Muslim voices
Artist from Japan inspired by L.S. Lowry: Northern England in a Japanese context
Khashoggi and press freedom in Turkey: Muslim Brotherhood narrative aimed at Saudi Arabia
Art of Japan and Kume Keiichirō: Stability despite the change
Myanmar should utilize its geopolitical importance: Positive ties with China, India, and Japan
Khashoggi, Muslim Brotherhood and opportune America, Turkey, and the UK: Land of political imprisonment
Contemporary Japanese artist and adorable landscape titled “Hakone in Natural Splendor”
Russia accuses Japan of “megaphone diplomacy” over military drills in contested waters
Nations and charities encouraging migration to the EU should be charged: OIC free ride
Japan and Mekong nations of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam to strengthen ties
Ito Shinsui opened up the “old mirror” of Edo and early Meiji art
Art of Buddhism in China and Japan: The shadow of Liang K’ai (1140-1210) on Kaihō Yūshō (1533-1615)
Myanmar and the Yazidi shadow in Rakhine: Buddhists, Mro, Bengali Hindus, and others fled ARSA Islamists
Sugawara Mitsushige and Buddhism: Bodhisattva Kannon and the Middle Kingdom
Japan to welcome State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar and discuss bilateral issues
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s nearly all-male Cabinet doesn’t look good for a modern society
Soga Shōhaku went against the grain in the eighteenth century: Art of the Muromachi Period
Kanzan Shimomura and art of Japan: The flows of Buddhist art, Kano, Rinpa, and the school of Tosa
Bilateral talks on tariffs between America and Japan agreed by Trump and Abe
Japanese poet of bygone years: Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
The richness of Japanese art during the warring times: Kano Eitoku (1543-1590)
Art of Japan and Kano Michinobu (1730-1790)
President Trump of America and Prime Minister Abe of Japan to hold a summit next week in New York
The ethics of Confucius and the Japanese artist Tanomura Chikuden
US and Japan trade talks set back after fresh tariffs imposed on China: Beijing today, Tokyo tomorrow?
Contemporary Japan artist inspired by the Dutch master Hendrick Avercamp
Putin of Russia suggests the signing of a peace treaty with Abe of Japan
Art and Poetry: Typhoons and earthquakes take asunder to this cold earth
Japanese art and Confucianism: Watanabe Kazan (1793-1841)
Sengai Gibon and Rinzai Buddhism: Artistic Outreach and Buddhist Contemplation
Typhoon Jebi kills at least 6 people in Japan with fears that the death toll will rise
Japan is awaiting Typhoon Jebi with apprehension after recent natural disasters
Kano Sanraku (1559-1635) and Japanese art: Centralization and continuity
Power dynamics of art and the Tosa School: Richness of culture and Buddhism
OIC and Western powers are inciting against Myanmar in order to distract their evil crimes against Yemen
Art of Japan and the two paths of Buddhism and Shintoism: Faith in the snow without Abraham
Kamakura and the historic Shokozan Tokei-ji Buddhist Temple: Protector of women
Chancellor Kurz of Austria received openly by CDU in Germany: Visegrad and Europe
Contemporary Japanese artist inspired by Alfred Sisley: Japanese eyes and cultural warning
Japan needs to listen to the people of Okinawa: U.S. base and Central Government threat
Short poem – The kingfisher dies
Trump to enact more measures against Turkey for holding “our wonderful Christian pastor”
Sunni Islamists in Afghanistan butcher many in a mainly Shia part of Kabul: Islamophobia?
Contemporary Japanese Art and Shintoism: The spirit of Sawako Utsumi and the Kano School
Millions of Japanese Children face Poverty: Yet, Japan supports $1 Billion for International Children
Syria appeals to Western Nations to lift sanctions and help the nation to stabilize
Art of Japan and Kiyoo: Social and political convulsions but artistic continuity
Arab League and Palestinian cause on the ashes of killing each other and persecuting non-Arabs
US Tariffs and political pressure is tipping the Turkish lira over the edge in Turkey
Sunni Muslim led Saudi alliance kills many children on a bus in Yemen: Hypocrisy of OIC
Japanese culture and literature: A female tale that lasts the centuries
Fresh hope in South Sudan after agreement on power-sharing between Kiir and Machar
Sharia Islamic law and female dress code: Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the dark shadow
Japanese art and the stunning artistic beauty of Totoya Hokkei (1780-1850)
Japan and its military air-launched missiles upgrade : North Korea and China
Japanese art and the exile of a holy Buddhist priest
Trump administration warns NATO Turkey to end its persecution of a Christian pastor
Art of Japan and the remaining shadow of Shintoism
High culture and the Japanese Tea Ceremony: Legacy of history and formal settings
Japan and EU trade deal is a sign that both entities oppose protectionism and Trump’s America First
Soga Shōhaku (1730-1781) and Japanese art: Richness of the Muromachi Period (1336-1573)
President Putin of Russia is optimistic after meeting President Trump of America in Helsinki
President Erdogan of Turkey is sullying NATO: Endless arrests to power concentration
Art of Japan and the Bridge in the Rain: Van Gogh and Hiroshige
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