South Korean Fashion in Japan: Mixxo in the Footsteps of Forever 21, H&M and Zara Ri Kuk-Chol and Sarah Deschamps Modern Tokyo Times Throughout Japan major fashion brands like Forever 21, H&M and Zara continue to attract much attention because all three companies are highly desired by hip fashion lovers. The above three brands provide a [...]
China and Japan Play Cat and Mouse over Disputed Territory but do any Cats Exist? Hiroshi Saito and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times China and Japan continue to play cat and mouse over the disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu territory which neither can claim based on history. Japan had no qualms in recognizing Kosovo under Albanian rule [...]
Agora Gallery in New York and the Exhibition of Fine Arts from Asia: East Meets West Tomoko Hara and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Agora Gallery is holding three current art exhibitions whereby domestic and international artists are on show. Each exhibition appeals to three different themes which flow through the diversity of [...]
South Korea Fashion for Ladies and the Vibes of Japan and America with Kpopsicle Kanako Itamae and Sarah Deschamps Modern Tokyo Times Kpopsicle (http://kpopsicle.com) is an amazing online fashion store which caters for stylish ladies who want to connect with the vibes of South Korea, America and Japan. Of course, the styles of these buzzing nations appeal [...]
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. [...]
Syria and support of Al-Qaeda: US, France and UK support Islamism and parallel with Kashmir and Bosnia Jibril Khoury and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The conflicts in Afghanistan, Bosnia, Kashmir, Kosovo, Libya and in other parts of the mainly Islamic world, or where you have Muslim and non-Muslim fault-lines, appears to have one [...]
Pakistan and Buddhist history: Media whitewashing, museum manipulations and Hindus Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times In many Western institutions, art museums, elitist circles, educational establishments and in many media outlets, it appears that you have “a reverse Talibanization” based on misinformation. This applies to “manipulating history” and modern realities within parts of the Islamic world where [...]
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 [...]
China, Japan and South Korea fashion show was more than just style and culture Kanako Itamae and Sarah Deschamps Modern Tokyo Times China just held the East Asia fashion show in Beijing and the venue was given extra importance because of the current status of Japan and China relations. Indeed, tensions have also increased between [...]
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 [...]
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