America and Iran Tensions Spiral – Attacks Hit Several Nations
America and Iran Tensions Spiral – Attacks Hit Several Nations Kanako Mita, Noriko Watanabe, and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The deaths of three American soldiers in Jordan and…
Japanese Art and Kawabata Gyokusho
Japanese Art and Kawabata Gyokusho Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Kawabata Gyokusho (1842–1913) was born beneath the fading lantern glow of the late Edo period and departed this world…
America Targets the Infrastructure of Iran (Kuwait and Others Attacked)
America Targets the Infrastructure of Iran (Kuwait and Others Attacked) Kanako Mita, Sawako Utsumi, and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched a sustained military…
Contemporary Japanese Art by Sawako Utsumi
Contemporary Japanese Art by Sawako Utsumi Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Sawako Utsumi is a contemporary artist from northern Japan whose paintings transform familiar landscapes into luminous realms of…
DRC Ebola Deaths Mount while Health Workers Strike
DRC Ebola Deaths Mount while Health Workers Strike Michiyo Tanabe and Noriko Watanabe Modern Tokyo Times The latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is placing…
Japanese Author in a World of Military Might
Japanese Author in a World of Military Might Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese novelist Ashihei Hino was not merely shaped by his era — he was consumed…
Saudi Arabia Airport Hit after Yemen Houthi Strike (Retaliation)
Saudi Arabia Airport Hit after Yemen Houthi Strike (Retaliation) Kanako Mita, Sawako Utsumi, and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Iran-backed Houthi movement launched a ballistic missile strike against…
Japanese Art and the Sun of Life
Japanese Art and the Sun of Life Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The captivating artwork above is by Maekawa Senpan (1888–1960), who studied Western-style oil painting at the Kansai…
Venezuela Earthquake Deaths Continue to Mount
Venezuela Earthquake Deaths Continue to Mount Michiyo Tanabe and Chika Mori Modern Tokyo Times Acting President Delcy Rodríguez of Venezuela and the United Nations have appealed for greater international assistance…
Nichiren via the Lens of Japanese Art
Nichiren via the Lens of Japanese Art Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Tenrei Horiuchi (1903–1982) completed a beautiful series of woodblock prints devoted to Nichiren during the late 1950s.…