Rinzai Zen Buddhist Compound in Saitama – Heirin-ji. Lee Jay Walker. Modern Tokyo Times. The delightful Buddhist compound of ...

Rinzai Zen Buddhist Compound in Saitama – Heirin-ji Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The delightful Buddhist compound of Heirinji (Heirin-ji) is a wonderful place to visit in Saitama Prefecture.… ...

Houthi Airport Attack Raises Stakes for Regional Security. Noriko Watanabe, Murad Makhmudov, and Lee Jay Walker. Modern Tokyo ...

Watanabe Shikō (1683–1755) created delightful art throughout his lifetime, drawing deeply from the artistic and cultural heritage of his native Kyoto. Naturally, his work was also shaped by the wider ...

In 2025, the Russian Federation became the first country to formally recognize the Taliban government of Afghanistan.

Beauty, Spirituality, and the Passage of Time. Lee Jay Walker. Modern Tokyo Times. Japan has been shaped by the intertwined ...

Maeda Masao (1904–1974) was born in Hakodate, Hokkaido. He initially studied Western-style art under Umehara Ryūzaburō. Yet, ...

Hagiwara Hideo (1913–2007): Nature, Memory, and Hope in Post-War Japan Afghanistan and Taliban Isolation – Time for a New Geopolitical Approach? Ethiopia: Centralized Power, Federal Tensions and ...

Keisen Ikeda: Japanese Landscape, Spirituality, and the Quiet Elegance of Nanga France Under Macron: Debt, Political Dysfunction, and the Crisis of Centralized Power Japanese Art: Traditional and ...

Japanese Buddhist Wall Art: Beauty, Spirituality, and the Passage of Time Keisen Ikeda: Japanese Landscape, Spirituality, and the Quiet Elegance of Nanga France Under Macron: Debt, Political ...

The Sahel continues to endure a profound geopolitical and humanitarian crisis, with 2026 exposing the mounting weaknesses of state authority across Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger. Years of military ...

Pakistan continues to bleed in 2026 — quietly and relentlessly — as Islamist terrorist networks, insurgency in Balochistan, sectarian violence, and deep political tensions continue to test the country ...