Nuclear Test by North Korea and need for a Quietist Japan: US and South Korea condemn Pyongyang Joachim de Villiers and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times North Korea is once more being deemed to be involved in international brinkmanship according to reports that stress that this nation successfully carried out a nuclear test underground. [...]
China, Japan and South Korea continue to be stuck in the past: 2012 and petty nationalism Hiroshi Saito and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The continent of Europe witnessed countless convulsions throughout the twentieth century but despite the recent economic downturn, the European Union (EU) remains to be a powerful bridge which can eradicate [...]
North Korea and its stance towards America, Japan and South Korea Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The shadow of North Korea hangs over northeast Asia and it is easy for America, Japan, and South Korea, to blame this nation for countless ills. However, just like a battered child which is abused and humiliated; then [...]
Missile Defense System, US, NATO, Japan and the role of the Russian Federation Murad Makhmudov and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The two-party system in America which maintains the endless power mechanisms century after century, finds it difficult to support a world based on special interests. Instead, irrespective if a Democratic government or Republican [...]
Japan and North Korea need to go the extra mile in order to lay the path ahead Ri Kuk-Chol and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Japan and North Korea have had a frosty relationship for far too long and it is hoped that officials from both nations will have laid the foundation stone for [...]
Japan and North Korea to hold preliminary talks: time to move on Hiroshi Saito and Jay Doggett Modern Tokyo Times Japan and North Korea have agreed to hold preliminary talks in Beijing on August 29. It is hoped that both nations will be sincere in order to overcome mutual suspicion. Recent events in North Korea [...]
Japanese art and Bunjinga (Nanga): the influence of China and Korea in the Edo period Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Bunjinga school of thought ran deep within the literati of Japan during the Edo period. Bunjin (literati) artists trace their artistic roots to the literati of China during the Song Dynasty (960-1267). However, [...]
North Korea: Associated Press news agency opens a bureau in Pyongyang Joachim de Villiers and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times North Korea gave the go ahead for the Associated Press news agency to open a small bureau in the capital Pyongyang on January 16, 2012. This is a very important scoop for this news [...]
Review of 2011 internationally and events in Japan (March 11 and brutal tsunami) James Jomo and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times In 2011 many political convulsions have challenged nations in North Africa and the Middle East. The optimism of the so-called “Arab Spring” remains to be unfulfilled because you have so much uncertainty in [...]
The Death of Kim Jong-il Bruce Klingner The Morning Bell The Heritage Network North Korea’s official media announced that Kim Jong-il, the country’s long-time leader, died on Saturday of “physical and mental overwork.” Although Kim had several health problems, particularly after a stroke in August 2008, he had appeared vibrant in recent meetings. As such, [...]
Kim Jong-un: Little Known Ruler of an Unpredictable State B.Raman One need not be surprised by the regional and global nervousness over the death of Kim Jong-Il, the ruler of North Korea, following a heart attack reportedly suffered by him on board a train on the morning of December 17,2011, and by the naming of [...]
PM Noda would visit North Korea over abduction issue: linkage with the Hague Olivier LeCourt and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda made it clear that he would visit North Korea if deep-rooted issues could be resolved between both nations. This statement is very intriguing because while it was aimed [...]
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