English and Japanese Art: Stunning Landscapes and Shin Hanga Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times John Constable and Ito Shinsui lived in vastly different societies and the time period between both is enormous. However, both artists provide an image of “the national spirit” within tranquility, beauty, nature, and a world which some people still yearn for. [...]
Tokyo Fashion News: Stylish Aoyama and Daikanyama Kanako Itamae and Sarah Deschamps Modern Tokyo Times Tokyo fashion is internationally famous and the fashion districts of Aoyama and Daikanyama highlight the vibrancy of this amazing city. Daikanyama is a magnet for people aged in their twenties and thirties. Likewise the prime Aoyama market is known to [...]
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 [...]
Tokyo Fashion: Omotesando Hills is a Lovely Place to Visit Michel Lebon and Hiroshi Saito Modern Tokyo Times Tokyo fashion is extremely diverse because you have so many places to visit throughout this ultramodern city. Irrespective if you are a Tokyoite or visitor to Tokyo you can’t but help to notice the sophistication of fashion in [...]
Tokyo Fashion News: Fashion Vibes of Ikebukuro Kanako Itamae and Michel Lebon Modern Tokyo Times Tokyo is one of the most famous cities in the world and the size of the economy is enormous. This powerful city is internationally famous for being ultra-modern and extremely fashionable. However, the old world still survives and this [...]
Tokyo Fashion and Lifestyle News: Otaku Culture, Fashion and Anime in Vibrant Tokyo Hiroshi Saito and Michel Lebon Modern Tokyo Times Tokyo lifestyle is an amazing experience for Tokyoites, tourists and expatriates. The wealth of choices and things to do are boundless in this mega-city. Another amazing feature is that unlike many famous international cities [...]
Tokyo fashion and Beijing: Expansion of Roberto Cavalli in Asia Kanako Itamae and Michel Lebon Modern Tokyo Times Roberto Cavalli towards late 2011 opened a new store in the exquisite area of Aoyama in Tokyo. Other companies like Akris, Bally, Freitag and many more also targeted the vibrant city of Tokyo in the same year. [...]
Smartphone internet revolution shaking up China Walter Sebastian and Hiroshi Saito Modern Tokyo Times The ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will now have to amend aspects of its “Great Firewall of China” policy. This applies to the shifting balance from desktop computers to the usage of mobile phones to obtain information from the internet. It [...]
Japanese art and Keisai Eisen: Reality and unreality and the View of Shogetsu Pond Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times If one views the stunning image of the View of Shogetsu Pond by Keisai Eisen, then only images of tranquility, order and a nation at peace comes to mind. It appears that nature, order and [...]
Tokyo and Osaka fashion news: Luxury shopping remains vibrant Kanako Itamae and Michel Lebon Modern Tokyo Times The power of major luxury fashion brands throughout Japan is internationally famous because even during negative economic times the market can still flourish. Since the early 1990s and continuing today in 2012, the overall economic performance of Japan [...]
Washington, Ankara, Doha and Riyadh are paving the way for al-Qaeda in Iraq and Syria Jibril Khoury and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Obama administration along with allies in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey have paved the way for al-Qaeda and other Islamist organizations to proliferate in Iraq and Syria. It appears that [...]
Japanese art and Nishikawa Sukenobu: Ukiyo-e and women in imperial Kyoto Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Nishikawa Sukenobu (1671-1750) gave the world of ukiyo-e another dimension because of his upbringing and being based in the imperial city of Kyoto. This meant that the world of Nishikawa Sukenobu was very different when compared with the [...]
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