Japan Tourism Shows Strong Results in May 2013: Kansai International Airport and Narita Airport Tomoko Hara and Sarah Deschamps Modern Tokyo Times The numbers of people visiting Japan in 2013 between January and the end of May reached 4.05 million people. More significant, the figures in May of this year was a very healthy 875,400 [...]
Tokyo Fashion in Ginza: Casual Styles Increasing in this Exquisite Area Kanako Itamae and Sarah Deschamps Modern Tokyo Times The fashion sector in Japan is extremely competitive and each year new trends, vibes and companies from abroad enter the market. Likewise, Japanese fashion companies implement new policies in order to attract new customers and to [...]
Turkey and the Enclosed Erdogan Cul-De-Sac: Gulf and Western Entanglements Nuray Lydia Oglu and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The endless enclosed cul-de-sac of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is leading to one dead end after another. He constantly warns that his patience is wearing thin while demonstrators are attacked and pushed around from [...]
Tattoo Sleeves Instant Kabuki By toshidama The adjacent photograph shows a relatively new trend for very cheap, disposable tattoo sleeves… to what end, I’m not sure. I thought I’d try one on in the interests of researching the fashion in the kabuki theatre for representing heroes and villains illustrated in ukiyo-e prints and later imitated by huge [...]
Cool Websites for Telecommuting: Sqwiggle, Shopinterest and Mural.ly Laura Leiva & Horace C. White Modern Tokyo Times Gone are the days where employees primarily head to the office Monday through Friday – working at home or telecommuting has a wide range of benefits for both the employer and the employee. While any employee likely prefers to [...]
India, Pakistan and Terrorism: Counter-Terrorist and Security Expert Bahukutumbi Raman Passes Away Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times It is with great sadness that Modern Tokyo Times hears about the death of Bahukutumbi Raman who was a foremost expert in the field of counter-terrorism, national security and geopolitics in India. Raman passed away after fighting [...]
Tokyo and Osaka Fashion News: Gucci and Luxury Market Optimistic in 2013 Kanako Itamae and Michel Lebon Modern Tokyo Times Japan is internationally famous within the fashion sector for being very dynamic when it comes to the luxury fashion market. After all, even during a long period of mainly stagnation to little growth the [...]
Suspected Islamists Massacre Female Students in Pakistan: The Folly of CIA, MI6 and ISI Paul Joseph Nzeribe and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Pakistan continues to be blighted by barbaric terrorist attacks against the minority Shia community and against anyone deemed to be worthy for killing in the name of Allah. In the latest suspected [...]
Kuniyoshi and Japanese Art: Tranquility During a Period of Rapid Change Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Utagawa Kuniyoshi like many ukiyo-e artists tackled the usual themes of the “floating world.” However, Kuniyoshi really came alive when focusing on mystical tales and Japanese folklore. Yet this article is based on glimpses of tranquility and the [...]
America, the European Union and the Strange Economic Reality of Japan Pierre Leblanc and Hiroshi Saito Modern Tokyo Times Japan for the last twenty years was the nation to kick and look down at with disdain in the economic arena because the American model was deemed to be dynamic, flexible and based on market principles. [...]
Syria and Shia Massacred by al-Nusra: Gulf and Western Powers Have No Shame Murad Makhmudov and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Outside nations involved themselves in Afghanistan over forty years ago by firstly supporting the same thought patterns that they are currently trying to prevent from ruling this nation in the modern period. Gulf [...]
Tokyu Plaza Omotesando Harajuku: Tokyo Fashion Vibes Tomoko Hara and Michel Lebon Modern Tokyo Times Tokyu Plaza Omotesando Harajuku (dubbed Omohara) opened just over one year ago and clearly the new dynamics of this adorable fashion place keeps on attracting huge crowds on a daily basis. The initial vibrancy during the early stages of Omohara [...]
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