To Be or Not to Be...? Someone’s grief, and someone’s drinking party

Traditions of the Kyrgyz people were being formed with the help of economic, trade, domestic and other relations with kindred and other tribes that were closely related to the geography of their ha...

Iran of the 60s: unsuccessful attempt to reform

After the coup of 19 March 1953 in the socio-political history of Iran there were fundamental changes: the powers of parliament were limited and the absolute power of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi was...

Topic: Regional rivalry in the Middle East.

In the Middle East, Saudi Arabia and the Islamic Republic of Iran are two countries that claim to leadership in the region. With a powerful resources and political potential these countries are the...

Japan

Prospects for the Japanese Economy’s Recovery
20.04.2011
Japan

On 11 March, 2011 Japan experienced one of the strongest ever recorded earthquakes of 9.0-magnitude on the Richter scale. Stronger than this one were only the earthquakes in Sumatra in 2004 and in Chile back in 1960. A tide of 3 to 10 meters struck the northeastern coast of “The Land of the Rising Sun”, killing more than 11 thousand people. This was one of the greatest disasters of mankind. The strength of earthquake shocks and tsunami wave height were close to the maximum values, but the number of victims for such powerful natural disaster was relatively small.

Japan preparing up to $5 bln in Afghan aid -paper
31.10.2009
Japan

Japan is preparing new aid for Afghanistan of up to $5 billion to be used to help former Taliban fighters find jobs and build roads, a big increase from previous commitments, the Nikkei newspaper said on Saturday.

Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama is expected to present the details to U.S. President Barack Obama when he visits Tokyo on Nov 12-13, the Nikkei said, a move that could deflect attention from a row over the reorganisation of U.S. military bases in Japan.