Japanese Art and High Culture (Edo to Meiji Born Artists)
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Houthis Seize Strategic Red Sea Port of Mokha —Geopolitical Threat to Saudi Arabia
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Japanese Art and the Flow of Beauty – Birds, Landscapes, and Lotus
Japanese Art and the Flow of Beauty – Birds, Landscapes, and Lotus Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Tokuoka Shinsen (1896–1972) emerged from the cultural landscape of Kyoto, a city…
DRC Ebola Deaths Mount – Food Insecurity and War
DRC Ebola Deaths Mount – Food Insecurity and War Noriko Watanabe, Michiyo Tanabe, and Kanako Mita Modern Tokyo Times The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) remains gripped by a…
Japan Art and Okuyama Gihachiro (World of Black and White)
Japan Art and Okuyama Gihachiro (World of Black and White) Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Okuyama Gihachiro (1907–1981) created a distinctive world where black and white became far more…
Nepal and Day of Mourning after Flood Deaths: Many Still Missing (Tibet)
Nepal and Day of Mourning after Flood Deaths: Many Still Missing (Tibet) Kanako Mita, Sawako Utsumi, and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The government and people of Nepal —…
Japanese Art and Nishimura Goun: Exquisite Birds
Japanese Art and Nishimura Goun: Exquisite Birds Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese artist Nishimura Goun (1877–1938) was born in Kyoto during the early Meiji Period (1868–1912), an…
Saudi Arabia and Distrust of Iran despite Diplomacy being Espoused
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Kyoto in Art: Buddhism, Shinto, and the Dreamlike World of Inagaki Toshijiro
Kyoto in Art: Buddhism, Shinto, and the Dreamlike World of Inagaki Toshijiro Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Inagaki Toshijiro (1902–1963) was born in Kyoto, a city where artistic refinement,…
Russia’s Border Security Belt: Belgorod, Bryansk and Kursk (Ukraine Conflict)
Russia’s Border Security Belt: Belgorod, Bryansk and Kursk (Ukraine Conflict) Kanako Mita, Sawako Utsumi, and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Russian President Vladimir Putin’s policy of establishing a security…