Events & Trends

Yuri Chekalin19.04.2024

Monument to the great writer Mikhail Bulgakov, who was born in Kyiv, Ukraine, now stands in Kyiv wrapped in plastic with the words “Get Out the Russian chauvinist from Ukraine.” We asked political observer Alexander Okhrimenko and our author Vladimir Grigoryan to comment on this event. Vladimir Grigoryan: “Bulgakov is a Russian writer. He encroached […]

Yuri Chekalin01.04.2024

“When you’re about to die, call your mother!” Toshiro Mifune’s family moved from Japan to Manchuria long before the start of Japanese colonization. The fact is that his parents were missionaries, deeply religious people, and his father, Tokuzo Mifune, was not only a businessman and owner of a photo studio, but also a preacher in […]

Vladimir Grigoryan23.05.2023

Having become acquainted with a dozen angry posts regarding the return of the Rublev Trinity to the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, I could not stand it anymore, and decided to respond to these comments. It seems that cultured people sound the alarm in favor of all that is good, but at the same time they are too […]

Viktor Alksnis22.02.2023

For the first time in recent years, I turned on the TV and watched the Address of the President of the Russian Federation to the Federal Assembly. When the President, at the beginning of his Address, acknowledged for the first time that the West’s main goal was to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia, I […]

Sergey Stankevich18.02.2023

The death toll from a series of earthquakes in Turkey and Syria has topped 33,000, with 29,600 dead in Turkey and another 3,500 in Syria. Account is not closed. Earthquake survivors are still being found. But search and rescue efforts are starting to slow down as the chances of finding people alive diminish. The central […]

Leon Pufferson17.01.2023

The Russian military special operation is one of the most discussed topics in the world media. The attitude to what is happening in Ukraine back in 2014 split the world into “before” and “after”, and eventually led to the current world confrontation and direct conflict between Russia and Ukraine in February 2022. Russia found itself […]

Yuri Chekalin19.05.2022

Ministry of Finance of Japan: exports to Russia in April fell by 69.3%, imports increased by 67.3%. Russian imports to Japan increased by 67.3 percent in April, the Japanese Ministry of Finance reported. In absolute terms, the figure was 187.1 billion yen (1.45 billion dollars). This was facilitated by rising energy prices. Meanwhile, exports fell […]

Nicholas Erin19.07.2020

Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry on Friday July 17th released a list of the first group of Japanese companies to be subsidized by the government to move production from China to other Southeast Asian countries or Japan. The first 87 companies or industry groups will receive a total of ¥70 billion ($653 million) […]

Nicholas Erin17.07.2020

Medical experts say they are confused at why the coronavirus cases have not declined in the hot summer months in Japan and warn of a “very dangerous” situation when the flu season arrives. More than 600 new coronavirus cases were reported across Japan on Thursday 16th July, the highest in three months, as Tokyo alone […]

Nicholas Erin12.07.2020

A national facility devoted to the Japan’s indigenous people, or the Ainu and their culture opened on Sunday 12 July in their ancestral region of Hokkaido in northern Japan. The National Ainu Museum and Park in Shiraoi has a museum, a hall for the performance of traditional Ainu dance and instrumental music, as well as a […]

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Events & Trends

“Bulgakov — Get Out the Russian Chauvinist from Kyiv!”

For Toshiro Mifune’s Birthday

Icon “Trinity” by Andrei Rublev returned to believers

Putin’s Address Draws a New “Red Line” in the Nuclear Buildup

Turkey Aid Changes Policy in the Region and in the Country

The Invisible Battle of Russian Scientists vs. Liberal Bureaucrats

Imports from Russia to Japan have risen sharply

Japan Announced 87 ‘China Exit’ Subsidies

Uptick in Japan Infections Triggers Second Wave Fears

The Upopoy National Ainu Museum and Park Opened

Former SS Obersturmführer in the service of the KGB

Senior Peacekeeper Seeks Junior

The Storm of the Deep State

Winter Carnival in Quebec City