International News and Japanese art
Edward Snowden: Thirteen Years On, the Constitutional Questions America Still Fears Kanako Mita, Sawako Utsumi, and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Edward Snowden remains a deeply divisive figure in…
Japan Art and Buddhist Monk in Isolation (Mountain Snow) Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The artist Sawako Utsumi often focuses on religious and spiritual themes in her art. In…
FBI Blames North Korea for Binance Crypto Heist (North Korea Refutes) Kanako Mita, Sawako Utsumi, and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Last year, North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of…
Japan Art by Dōmoto Inshō and Takeuchi Seihō Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The artist Dōmoto Inshō (1891–1975) explored different artistic styles throughout his distinguished life, continually embracing new…
Yemen Crisis: Saudi Arabia Builds Defensive Military Alliance (Fears of Wider Regional Conflict) Murad Makhmudov, Noriko Watanabe, and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The crisis in Yemen continues to…
Japan Art and Yokoyama Taikan: Beauty and the Mirror of a Bleak World Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Yokoyama Taikan (1868-1958) was a child of the Meiji Restoration (1868-1912).…
El Salvador Deploys 2,000 Special Forces to Haiti Michiyo Tanabe, Sawako Uchida, and Chika Mori Modern Tokyo Times President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador has sent more than 2,000 soldiers…
Drone Warfare in Sudan Intensifies the Humanitarian Catastrophe Kanako Mita, Sawako Utsumi, and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times More than 300 people were killed by drone strikes in Sudan…
Japan Art and Eclectic Mix: Hanabusa Itchō, Bakufu Ohno, and Maekawa Senpan Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Hanabusa Itchō (1652–1724) was a fiercely independent-minded artist born during the Edo…
Japan Art and the Beauty of Simplicity (Scroll of Time) Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese artist Yasui Sotaro (1888–1955) witnessed momentous changes throughout his lifetime. These included…