DRC Ebola Deaths Mount (2,300 Deaths Reported)
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Japan Art and Rinpa (Rimpa)
Japan Art and Rinpa (Rimpa) Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Suzuki Kiitsu (1796–1858) created a remarkable body of paintings in which the natural world seems to hover between observation…
Japanese Novelist Ryūnosuke Akutagawa: Life is more Hellish than Hell itself
Japanese Novelist Ryūnosuke Akutagawa: Life is more Hellish than Hell itself Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese novelist Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1892–1927) was born in Tokyo during the final…
Taiwan, China and the Dangerous Geometry of Deterrence: Statecraft Is Needed
Taiwan, China and the Dangerous Geometry of Deterrence: Statecraft Is Needed Kanako Mita, Sawako Utsumi, and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Taiwan Strait is entering an increasingly consequential…
Colombia Earthquake – Many are Still Missing
Colombia Earthquake – Many are Sill Missing Kanako Mita, Michiyo Tanabe, and Hiroshi Saito Modern Tokyo Times Colombia had barely witnessed the inauguration of its new president, Abelardo de la…
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
Voice of Meiji Japan: Novelist Natsume Sōseki and Poet Masaoka Shiki Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The celebrated Japanese novelist Natsume Sōseki (1867–1916) was born in the first year…
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),…