Japanese Art and Impact of Hokkaido (Kawano Kaoru) Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The wide, breathing horizons of Hokkaido left an indelible imprint upon the sensibilities of Kawano […]
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Turkey and the Persecution of Ekrem Imamoglu (Erdogan and NATO)
Turkey and the Persecution of Ekrem Imamoglu (Erdogan and NATO) Nuray Lydia Oglu, Noriko Watanabe, and Kanako Mita Modern Tokyo Times Political tensions in Turkey continue concerning the harsh treatment […]
Gaza International Stabilization Force Remains Extremely Distant
Gaza International Stabilization Force Remains Extremely Distant Kanako Mita, Noriko Watanabe, and Michiyo Tanabe Modern Tokyo Times The proposed U.S.-backed stabilization force for Gaza — […]
Japanese Art and Kobayashi Kiyochika
Japanese Art and Kobayashi Kiyochika Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese artist Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847–1915) is remembered as a quiet poet of light — an artist […]
Israel Zone and the Litani River in Lebanon (Hezbollah)
Israel Zone and the Litani River in Lebanon (Hezbollah) Kanako Mita, Sawako Utsumi, and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Lebanon’s government and armed forces […]
Japanese Art and Delightful Mix of Birds
Japanese Art and Delightful Mix of Birds Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The celebrated Utagawa Hiroshige was born into the stillness and ritual grace of the […]
Mali Crisis: Russia Seeks to Stem Islamist Encroachment on Bamako
Mali Crisis: Russia Seeks to Stem Islamist Encroachment on Bamako Murad Makhmudov, Noriko Watanabe, and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Mali’s structural fragility was […]
Japanese Art and Veneer of Red Mountains by Sawako Utsumi
Japanese Art and Veneer of Red Mountains by Sawako Utsumi Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The art of Sawako Utsumi drapes the world in a luminous […]
Japan Slumps to OECD 24th: Geopolitics and Debt
Japan Slumps to OECD 24th: Geopolitics and Debt Kanako Mita, Sawako Utsumi, and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi inherits the same unresolved malaise […]
Geopolitics of Japan: China and Russia
Geopolitics of Japan: China and Russia Kanako Mita, Sawako Utsumi, and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan confronts a formidable convergence […]
Japan Art and Watanabe Shikō (1683–1755)
Japan Art and Watanabe Shikō (1683–1755) Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Watanabe Shikō (1683–1755) revealed a rare artistic sensitivity from an early age, his vision shaped within […]
Zen Buddhist Art: Shunso Joshu
Zen Buddhist Art: Shunso Joshu Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese Zen Buddhist monk Shunso Jōshū, born in the mid-eighteenth century, came of […]
Japan Art and Utamaro (Birds)
Japan Art and Utamaro (Birds) Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Kitagawa Utamaro (1753–1806) breathed art as if it were the very air of the Edo Period itself — […]
Japan Art and Mixture of Ideas
Japanese Art and Mixture of Ideas Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Ogata Gekkō (1859–1920) emerged in the twilight glow of the Edo world, his formative years […]