Since the global pandemic has dominated the news for many weeks, it’s easy to forget it’s not the only significance thing happening right now. The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) warned about another situation affecting a … [Read more...]
August 1 2018- EU-Japan Trade Agreement
On July 17, 2018, leaders of the EU and Japan signed a sweeping deal doing away with almost all tariffs between them, according to Germany’s DW TV. The same day, Japan’s Newsroom Tokyo aired its video clip of the Economic Partnership Agreement … [Read more...]
February 28, 2017 – Madagascar Is Hurting
While formerly parched California received so much rain in the winter of 2016-17 that towns flooded, people in an island country off the coast of Southern Africa were hoping and praying for rainy weather. The place, Madagascar. In … [Read more...]
May 25, 2016 — Japan
Protesters are once again questioning the value of American military bases on Okinawa, Japan because of crimes against Japanese citizens perpetrated by United States servicemen. Ongoing Issue Japan TV’s NHK Newsline (aka NHK World), has … [Read more...]
January 11, 2016 – Asia
While people in much of the UK and North America have suffered through severe winter floods, the situation is the opposite for nations in the Southern Hemisphere. In places like Madagascar, Rwanda, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand; it is now … [Read more...]
September 18, 2015 – Japan
Controversial Japanese legislation, known as Collective Self-defense, was approved a few hours ago (still the 18th in much of the world but already the 19th in Asia). According to DW TV, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was determined to push … [Read more...]
August 06, 2015 — Japan
Did someone turn back the clock while we were all sleeping? In several ways the world seems to be trending back to pre-World War II like conditions. One of these involves Japan. Her parliament (the Diet) is currently debating whether a … [Read more...]
May 6, 2015 – Global
The Beijing-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) may not be a physical reality yet, but in the global financial community it has already gained a lot of attention as the ‘new kid in the neighborhood’. One reason is that AIIB is not … [Read more...]
March 4, 2015 – China
Deutsche Welle (DW) TV, on March 4, 2015, reported China is “beefing up” its military spending by 10%, and that is is causing “jangled nerves” among its neighbors. China, according to DW’s online news March 3, 2015, said it was a part of her … [Read more...]
January 5, 2015 – Africa
Deutsche Welle’s January 3, 2015 headline read, "Boko Haram kidnaps 40 boys and young men in northeastern Nigeria" It added, “In 2014, the militants abducted about 200 girls from a boarding school in the same state.” According to DW, the … [Read more...]
