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Monthly Archives: May 2016

Buddhist Light from Times of Despair: Death and Folklore in Japan

Buddhist Light from Times of Despair: Death and Folklore in Japan Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Japanese folklore...
Tokyo

Christian Lady Paraded Naked by Muslim Mob in Egypt: President el-Sisi Vows Justice

Christian Lady Paraded Naked by Muslim Mob in Egypt: President el-Sisi Vows Justice Boutros Hussein, Michiyo Tanabe, and Lee...
Africa, Geopolitics, Middle East (West Asia), Religious Persecution

Oman as a Counter-Terrorism Model for the GCC States

Oman as a Counter-Terrorism Model for the GCC States Publication: Terrorism Monitor By: Alexandria Caputo The Jamestown Foundation Omani...
Geopolitics, Middle East (West Asia)

Kobayashi Kiyochika and Japanese Art: Meiji Entanglements

Kobayashi Kiyochika and Japanese Art: Meiji Entanglements Tomoko Hara and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847-1915)...
Tokyo

Business Sentiment Remains Negative in Japan: Wise Words of Shirakawa

Business Sentiment Remains Negative in Japan: Wise Words of Shirakawa Kanako Itamae, Noriko Watanabe, and Lee Jay Walker Modern...
Business, Geopolitics, Japan

South Sudan’s South: Conflict in the Equatorias

South Sudan’s South: Conflict in the Equatorias International Crisis Group EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS The formation of a transitional...
Africa, Geopolitics

Kintaro in Japanese Folklore and Art

Kintaro in Japanese Folklore and Art Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Kintaro remains extremely popular in modern Japan...
Japan

Yuzo Saeki and Art of Japan: France, Poor Health, and Isolation in Paris

Yuzo Saeki and Art of Japan: France, Poor Health, and Isolation in Paris Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times...
Japan

Sunni Islamists Slaughter Many in Syria after Targeting Alawites: Russian Federation and ISIS

Sunni Islamists Slaughter Many in Syria after Targeting Alawites: Russian Federation and ISIS Murad Makhmudov and Lee Jay Walker...
Europe, Geopolitics, Middle East (West Asia), Miitary Conflict, Religious Persecution, Russian Federation, Syria, Terrorism

Recent Attacks Illuminate the Islamic State’s Europe Attack Network

Recent Attacks Illuminate the Islamic State’s Europe Attack Network By: Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Nathaniel Barr The Jamestown Foundation The recent...
Europe, Geopolitics, Middle East (West Asia), Terrorism

Rinpa and Art of Japan: Nichiren Buddhism, Kyoto, and Modern Art

Rinpa and Art of Japan: Nichiren Buddhism, Kyoto, and Modern Art Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Japanese historical...
Japan, Tokyo Art

FSA-linked Commander Threatens Kurdish Civilians in Syria

FSA-linked Commander Threatens Kurdish Civilians by John Rossomando Investigative Project on Terrorism A radio transmission between the commander of...
Geopolitics, Middle East (West Asia), Syria, Terrorism

Air Flight from Paris to Cairo Crashes into the Mediterranean Sea

Air Flight from Paris to Cairo Crashes into the Mediterranean Sea Boutros Hussein and Noriko Watanabe Modern Tokyo Times...
Africa, Europe, Geopolitics

Shia Muslims Killed by ISIS Sectarian Terrorists in Iraq: Shia Cleric Sayyid Muqtada al-Sadr

Shia Muslims Killed by ISIS Sectarian Terrorists in Iraq: Shia Cleric Sayyid Muqtada al-Sadr Ramazan Khalidov, Takeshi Hasegawa, and...
Geopolitics, Middle East (West Asia), Religious Persecution, Terrorism

Light of Sendai to Northern English Reality: L.S. Lowry and Sawako Utsumi

Light of Sendai to Northern English Reality: L.S. Lowry and Sawako Utsumi Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times L.S....
Japan Art, Japan culture, Lifestyle

Implementing Peace and Security Architecture (III): West Africa

Implementing Peace and Security Architecture (III): West Africa International Crisis Group This report is also available in: français EXECUTIVE...
Africa, Geopolitics

Japanese Art and Gyoshu Hayami: High Culture, Modernity, and Individuality

Japanese Art and Gyoshu Hayami: High Culture, Modernity, and Individuality Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Gyoshu Hayami (1894-1935)...
Japan Art, Japan culture

Alawites Massacred in al-Zara by Sunni Takfiris: Alawites to the grave, Christians to Beirut

Alawites Massacred in al-Zara by Sunni Takfiris: Alawites to the grave, Christians to Beirut Murad Makhmudov, Noriko Watanabe, and...
Geopolitics, Middle East (West Asia), Religious Persecution, Syria, Terrorism

INF Treaty Increasingly in Danger, as Russia Balks at New Missile Defense Base in Romania

INF Treaty Increasingly in Danger, as Russia Balks at New Missile Defense Base in Romania Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor...
America, Balkans, Europe, Geopolitics, Miitary Conflict, NATO, Russian Federation

President Obama in non-Political visit to Hiroshima: Abe and Obama in Dignified Approach

President Obama in non-Political visit to Hiroshima: Abe and Obama in Dignified Approach Kanako Itamae, Michiyo Tanabe, and Lee...
America, Asia, Geopolitics, Japan, Japan Geopolitics

Art of Japan and Keisai Eisen: Tenaciousness in Adversity

Art of Japan and Keisai Eisen: Tenaciousness in Adversity Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The artist Keisai Eisen...
Tokyo Art, Tokyo Culture

Tunisia: Transitional Justice and the Fight Against Corruption

Tunisia: Transitional Justice and the Fight Against Corruption International Crisis Group The full report is available in: Français The executive...
Africa, Geopolitics

Christian Refugees in Germany Suffer Discrimination in Camps by Muslims: Mirror of Pakistan

Christian Refugees in Germany Suffer Discrimination in Camps by Muslims: Mirror of Pakistan Jibril Khoury, Noriko Watanabe, and Lee...
Asia, Europe, Europe: Visegrad, Geopolitics, Middle East (West Asia), Religious Persecution, Terrorism

Waka Poetry in Old Japan: Ono no Komachi and Myths

Waka Poetry in Old Japan: Ono no Komachi and Myths Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The waka poet,...
Japan

Yoshu Chikanobu (1838-1912) and Japanese Art: New Japan Emerges

Yoshu Chikanobu (1838-1912) and Japanese Art: New Japan Emerges Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Yoshu Chikanobu (Toyohara Chikanobu)...
Japan Art, Japan culture

Egypt and America: Emails Show Clinton Was Told About Muslim Brotherhood and Al-Qaeda Links

Emails Show Clinton Was Told About MB-AQ Links by John Rossomando IPT News Investigative Project on Terrorism Former Secretary...
Africa, America, Geopolitics, Terrorism

Prime Minister Abe of Japan to meet President Putin of Russia: Territorial Window?

Prime Minister Abe of Japan to meet President Putin of Russia: Territorial Window? Galina Zobova, Noriko Watanabe, and Lee...
America, Europe, Geopolitics, Japan, Japan Geopolitics, Russian Federation

Art of Japan, Historical Revolution, and Sadahide: Bijin-ga to Yokohama-e

Art of Japan, Historical Revolution, and Sadahide: Bijin-ga to Yokohama-e Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The artist Utagawa...
Tokyo, Tokyo Art, Tokyo Culture

Erdogan Expands His Assault on Journalists Beyond Turkish Borders

Erdogan Expands His Assault on Journalists Beyond Turkish Borders IPT News Investigative Project on Terrorism Ebru Umar was angry....
Balkans, Europe, Geopolitics

Art of Japan and Influence on Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec: Impressionism and Ukiyo-e

Art of Japan and Influence on Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec: Impressionism and Ukiyo-e Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Henri...
Europe, Geopolitics, Japan culture

Persecution of the Shia and Holy Pilgrimage: Institutional Hatred and Takfiri Islamists

Persecution of the Shia and Holy Pilgrimage: Institutional Hatred and Takfiri Islamists Murad Makhmudov and Lee Jay Walker Modern...
Geopolitics, Religious Persecution

Iraq and Shia Mobilization under Cleric Sayyid Muqtada al-Sadr: Reform Push

Iraq and Shia Mobilization under Cleric Sayyid Muqtada al-Sadr: Reform Push Murad Makhmudov, Sawako Uchida, and Lee Jay Walker...
Geopolitics, Middle East (West Asia)
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