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Japan weighs science and spirits in resolving its imperial succession crisis
Japanese lawmakers are close to a breakthrough that will ensure the years of strife and panic that plagued the Imperial ...
Takeaways from AP's reporting on looming extinction of rare version of Christianity in rural Japan
On the rural islands off the coast of Japan, a handful of believers practice a version of Christianity that has direct links ...
‘A huge loss.’ In remote Nagasaki islands, a rare version of Christianity heads toward extinction
On Ikitsuki and other remote sections of Nagasaki prefecture, Hidden Christians still pray to these disguised objects. They ...
Akira Kurosawa Event at Film Forum to Debut 4K Restorations of ‘High and Low,’ ‘Stray Dog,’ and More
Kurosawa’s acclaimed “Seven Samurai” recently celebrated its 70th anniversary with a 4K restoration and theatrical re-release ...
The peasants are revolting; know your place meddling woman or lose your head! and a murdering president
Future US president Andrew Jackson kills Charles Dickinson in a duel after Dickinson accused Jackson’s wife of bigamy. 1815 ...
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An exhibition in a most extraordinary building explores Japan’s love for Van Gogh
Aerial view of the Pola Museum of Art, Hakone and Nakamura Tsune’s Sunflowers (1923) Pola Museum of Art, Hakone and Artizon ...
“More of a coincidence than anything else”: The Japanese samurai film that inspired George Lucas and ‘Star Wars’
George Lucas wasn't working in a vacuum when set about making his industry-dominating space opera 'Star Wars.' ...
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Pentecost 2025 in LA: when the masses are seized by the spirit of solidarity
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Revolutionary Internationalism or International National-Bolshevism
Originally published in "KAZ, 1925, No. 53", this text by the KAPD critiques the Comintern for abandoning proletarian internationalism in favor of nationalism and Soviet state interests.