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Japan Art and Buddhism: Asakusa Kannon Temple

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Ishiba Seeks to Preserve Power Despite Ruling Coalition Losing Its Majority

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PM Ishiba of Japan Before Election Says LDP Faces “Major Headwind”

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Japan Art and Mountain Landscapes to Stunning Buddhist Temple

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Israel Targets Hezbollah in Tyre (Lebanon)

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Japan Art: Persimmon and Plum Trees

Japan Art: Persimmon and Plum Trees Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The persimmon trees in…

Israel Kills Hamas Leader Sinwar: Nasrallah of Hezbollah to Haniyeh Taken Out

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US B-2 Airstrikes Target Houthi Weapon Sites in Yemen

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Russia Advances on Pokrovsk: Ukraine Fears Losing Vital Coal Mine

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Japan Art: Buddhist Monks in Deep Winter and the Tree of Life

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Sudan Airstrike Kills 23 in Market Area of Khartoum

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US Airstrikes Continue to Hit ISIS and Hurras al-Din in Syria

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Japan Art: The Countryside in the Rain

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Gulf Powers, Iran, and Turkey Continue to Destabilize Iraq, Libya, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen (Islamic Facade)

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Egypt Denies Direct Involvement in War against RSF in Sudan

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Kyoto Art and Richness of Artists Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The artistic, cultural, and…

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Israel Sends in another Military Division into Southern Lebanon (Remembering October 7)

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Japan Art: Influence of Edo and Meiji Periods

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Haiti Massacre Includes Women and Children: Dominican Republic Seeks Mass Deportations

Haiti Massacre Includes Women and Children: Dominican Republic Seeks Mass Deportations Kanako Mita, Sawako Utsumi, and…

Japan Art and Jizo: Buddhist Flower of Life

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Russia Captures Ugledar (Vuhledar) after Ukraine Retreats

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Iran Missile Attack on Israel Kills 1 Palestinian: Hezbollah Elites Assassinated

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Thailand Bus Tragedy: At Least 20 Children Feared Dead

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Ishiba Proposes Lower House Election in Japan for Oct 27

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Israel Claims to Have Killed Hassan Nasrallah of Hezbollah

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Japan Ruling LDP Elects Ishiba

Japan Ruling LDP Elects Ishiba Kanako Mita and Chika Mori Modern Tokyo Times The ruling Liberal…