Japan Art – Edo, Meiji, and Contemporary Japanese Art
Japan Art – Edo, Meiji, and Contemporary Japanese Art Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Kubota Beisen (1852–1906) was born during the final years of the Edo Period, standing at…
Voice of Meiji Japan: Novelist Natsume Sōseki and Poet Masaoka Shiki
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Colombia Earthquake Deaths set to Mount
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Egypt Warns Against a Parallel Government in Sudan (Regional Rivalries)
Egypt Warns Against a Parallel Government in Sudan (Regional Rivalries) Boutros Hussein, Noriko Watanabe, and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt firmly opposes any…
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…