Japanese Art and Culture
Japanese Art and Culture Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Hanabusa Itchō (1652–1724) emerged from the richly layered yet fiercely codified world of the Edo Period as an artist of…
Syria Remains Fragile – Religious Persecution
Syria Remains Fragile – Religious Persecution Murad Makhmudov, Noriko Watanabe, and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times President Donald Trump of the United States and leading European Union nations –…
Mali and JNIM Islamists: Sahel Crisis
Mali and JNIM Islamists: Sahel Crisis Boutros Hussain, Michiyo Tanabe, and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Sahel region has endured prolonged upheaval for many years. Yet the internal…
Art of Japan and the Lotus
Art of Japan and the Lotus Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times All three artworks are devoted to the enduring beauty of the lotus, a flower that has long occupied…
Chittagong Hill Tracts and West Papua (Indigenous Marginalized and Islamization)
Chittagong Hill Tracts and West Papua (Indigenous Marginalized and Islamization) Noriko Watanabe, Michiyo Tanabe, and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The non-Muslim indigenous peoples of West Papua (Indonesia) and…
Myanmar Conflict Needs a Way Out (National Salvation Government)
Myanmar Conflict Needs a Way Out (National Salvation Government) Michiyo Tanabe, Noriko Watanabe, and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Myanmar needs a National Salvation government — even if militants…
Israel Distrustful of America and Iran Deal (Hamas and Hezbollah)
Israel Distrustful of America and Iran Deal (Hamas and Hezbollah) Kanako Mita, Sawako Utsumi, and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times President Donald Trump has stipulated that a deal to…
Japanese Art: Richness of Culture and Identity
Japanese Art: Richness of Culture and Identity Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Nishimura Shigenaga possessed both unwavering self-belief and a profound determination to secure his place within Japan’s flourishing…
UK Conservative Party Gave £28 Billion to ISIS, Crime Gangs, and Others
UK Conservative Party Gave £28 Billion to ISIS, Crime Gangs, and Others Kanako Mita, Noriko Watanabe, and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times A growing feeling persists outside the metropolitan…
Japanese Art and Egrets
Japanese Art and Egrets Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The contemporary Japanese artist Sawako Utsumi turns her gaze toward the elegant egret in both works, embracing a motif deeply…