Japanese Art and Nature – Nishimura Goun
Japanese Art and Nature – Nishimura Goun Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese artist Nishimura Goun (1877–1938) was born into the turbulent embrace of the Meiji Period (1868-1912),…
President of Colombia to be Supported by America (Right Wing Geopolitical Swing)
President of Colombia to be Supported by America (Right Wing Geopolitical Swing) Noriko Watanabe, Hiroshi Saito, and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Colombia has entered a new political and…
Japanese Female Novelist and Communist (Miyamoto Yuriko)
Japanese Female Novelist and Communist (Miyamoto Yuriko) Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Japanese novelist and short-story writer Miyamoto Yuriko (1899–1951) could easily have disappeared into the comfortable conformity expected…
DRC Ebola Deaths Continue to Grow (Over 1,800 Deaths)
DRC Ebola Deaths Continue to Grow (Over 1,800 Deaths) Kanako Mita, Sawako Utsumi, and Chika Mori Modern Tokyo Times The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) remains trapped in a…
Japanese Art and Culture – Winds of Change
Japanese Art and Culture – Winds of Change Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Ito Shinsui (1898–1972) stands as one of the luminous masters of twentieth-century Japanese art. His work…
Saudi Arabia and its Distrust of Iran
Saudi Arabia and its Distrust of Iran Murad Makhmudov, Noriko Watanabe, and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Saudi Arabia has hardened its rhetoric toward Iran while continuing to urge…
Edo Art and Japanese Culture
Edo Art and Japanese Culture Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Edo period emerged in the early seventeenth century like a curtain rising upon a transformed Japan — politically…
Kumamoto Earthquake and Convulsions
Kumamoto Earthquake and Convulsions Kanako Mita, Michiya Tanabe, and Hiroshi Saito Modern Tokyo Times Kumamoto was struck by a powerful earthquake early last week, with authorities estimating the magnitude at…
Japanese Female Diarist and Poet during Heian Court
Japanese Female Diarist and Poet during Heian Court Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese diarist and waka poet Michitsuna no Haha (935–995) occupies a unique place in the…
DRC and Food Insecurity (Ebola Crisis)
DRC and Food Insecurity: (Ebola Crisis) Kanako Mita, Sawako Utsumi, and Chika Mori Modern Tokyo Times The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is engulfed in a nightmare of ethnic,…