Sunni Islamists in Afghanistan kill many female students Murad Makhmudov and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Another brutal Sunni Islamist terrorist attack, targeting a Shia district in the environs of Kabul, is known to have killed at least 40 people in Afghanistan. Many of the dead include students after an explosion devastated an area…
Japan extends minimal State of Emergency: Osaka crisis and carefree slowness Noriko Watanabe and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced the extension of the coronavirus (Covid-19) State of Emergency. Thus the next extension will continue in Hyogo, Kyoto, Osaka, and Tokyo until the end of May. However, with increasing daily…
Japan art: Cultural art during momentous political changes Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The artist Ishizaki Kōyō (1884-1947) hails from the prefecture of Toyama in Japan. He was the fifth born son of a merchant family. Therefore, from a very early age, his path was set and secure. Kōyō studied under Yamamoto Koichi when…
Little children and staff members killed in machete attack in Brazil Sawako Utsumi and Kanako Mita Modern Tokyo Times The town of Saudades, in the state of Santa Catarina in Brazil, is in shock after a brutal machete attack. Currently, the motive behind the horrendous attack by an 18-year-old male at a nursery school remains…
Osaka news: Osaka might request an extension of the State of Emergency Sawako Uchida and Kanako Mita Modern Tokyo Times The official coronavirus (Covid-19) State of Emergency covering Hyogo, Kyoto, Tokyo, and Osaka isn’t appearing effective to all areas covered. Thus, Governor Hirofumi Yoshimura of Osaka is mulling to ask for an extension because of…
Olympic news: Sapporo Covid-19 crisis but a pre-Olympic event to be held Kanako Mita and Sawako Utsumi Modern Tokyo Times The coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis shows no sign of abating in Japan. Indeed, even if a decrease emerges suddenly, it only appears that a new wave will follow based on the slow vaccination program in Japan.…
Tokyo Olympics: Highest severe daily Covid-19 cases reported in Japan Sawako Utsumi and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Tokyo Olympics are scheduled to start on July 23 despite the ongoing coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis. Internally, countless polls highlight the unpopularity of holding the Olympics and Paralympics this year. Despite this, and with Japan reporting…
China sends India Covid-19 assistance despite frosty relations Kanako Mita and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Increased territorial tensions between China and India have been put aside because of the severity of the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis in India. Hence, President Xi Jinping of China reiterated to Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India that China…
Islamists kill many in Afghanistan, including high school students Sawako Utsumi and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Islamists have killed many in the latest terrorist attack in Afghanistan. Hence, while Muslims were focused on Ramadan, a brutal Islamist truck bomb killed at least 30 people. High school students are also among the dead after…
Osaka News: Osaka Governor Yoshimura may extend Covid-19 emergency Sawako Uchida and Kanako Mita Modern Tokyo Times Governor Hirofumi Yoshimura of Osaka is considering extending the State of Emergency after the ending date of May 11. This is based on daily infections of coronavirus (Covid-19) in Osaka regularly hitting over 1,000 in the recent period.…
Tokyo Olympics: Tokyo and Osaka hit over 1,000 daily Covid-19 infections again Kanako Mita and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis in Japan is never-ending. Indeed, despite deaths of over 10,100 being low when viewed in the international context, Japan is performing worst when compared to the regional nations of China,…
Japan and another State of Emergency: Tokyo Olympics still scheduled Kanako Mita and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Another coronavirus (Covid-19) State of Emergency will begin tomorrow in parts of Japan that include Tokyo. However, the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, and Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike insist the Olympics and Paralympics…
Covid-19 ravaging India with daily high infections and deaths Kanako Mita and Noriko Watanabe Modern Tokyo Times India is witnessing a new surge in coronavirus (Covid-19) infections and deaths. The pattern of crisis varies depending on which part of the country. However, in places hit hardest, hospitals are under enormous pressure and oxygen supplies are…
Japan mulls another Covid-19 related State of Emergency Kanako Mita and Sawako Utsumi Modern Tokyo Times Another recent coronavirus (Covid-19) upsurge in parts of the country is happening again in Japan. Indeed, it seems like an endless situation whereby the government is slow to respond under Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga. Unlike under the leadership of…
Japan art in the Edo period: Kano-style art and rinpa Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Information about the artist Watanabe Shikō (1683-1755) is relatively sketchy. However, it is known that he was gifted from an early age. Similarly, he was born in the cultural city of Kyoto during the Edo Period. Little is known…
Japan Covid-19 and Olympics: Koike and Suga with eyes closed Kanako Mita and Chika Mori Modern Tokyo Times The Tokyo Olympics is less than 100 hundred days away. Yet, despite the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis being worse in 2021 in Japan than when the Olympics were postponed last year, it appears that Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga…
Saitama tourism: Heirinji Buddhist Temple and adorable compound Sawako Utsumi and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The adorable Buddhist compound of Heirinji (Heirin-ji) in the prefecture of Saitama is a real treat. This relates to the Heirinji Rinzai Buddhist Temple and the delightful woodlands that surround the ancient graveyard. Therefore, the sense of the…
America and Japan in usual anti-China mantra under Biden and Suga Kanako Mita and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The former leader of Japan, Shinzo Abe, could contain anti-China hawks during his leadership. However, it is noticeable under Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga that the Japanese Foreign Ministry is enacting a hawkish policy aimed at…
China and South Korea rebuke Japan over planned nuclear plant water into the sea Chika Mori and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times China and South Korea have rebuked Japan over plans to release nuclear plant water into the sea. Of course, the nuance in Japan is releasing “treated water.” However, this isn’t fooling China…
Tokyo News and Olympics: 3 million Covid deaths but Koike says “wonderful games” Kanako Mita and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The belated 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics are scheduled later this year. However, with the international coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis worse now, than this time last year; then the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the…
Israel suspected of Natanz cyberattack against Iran: Biden and Iran Kanako Mita and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Iran is claiming that Israel unleashed a cyberattack against the uranium enrichment plant of Natanz. Sources in Israel seemed unusual in confirming the attack on the Iranian nuclear facility. Therefore, given Iran’s hatred of Israel along…
Myanmar in a spiral of death without any plan B Sawako Utsumi and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The spiral of death in Myanmar that followed the military coup against State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi is beyond rationality. After all, is this what the military coup leaders wanted? Min Aung Hlaing, the commander-in-chief…
Japan bypasses Covid-19 emergency by utilizing new phrases Kanako Mita and Sawako Utsumi Modern Tokyo Times The coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis in Japan is never-ending. Despite this, the best the central government and local governments can do is to issue new phrases. Therefore, a new State of Emergency isn’t being declared to negate greater financial responsibility…
Japanese poet of the ninth and tenth century Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Heian court was served by the poet Mibu no Tadamine between 898-920. Thus one can imagine the flows of internal Japanese culture and the impact of the Middle Kingdom (China) on this esteemed poet from bygone days. Indeed, the Nara…
Biden and the Democrats Cold War mentality: The Russian Federation and Ukraine Noriko Watanabe and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The leadership of President Joe Biden is witnessing the Cold War mentality that exists within the ruling Democrats. This is similar to the neoconservatives of the Republicans outside of the views of Donald Trump.…
Imperial system in Japan based on revisionism concerning a female leader Chika Mori and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Japan is known for being a bastion of political family elites who dominate the ministerial system. Likewise, Japan ranks poorly in countless international benchmarks involving women. This concerns few female business leaders, limited political representation,…
Flash floods kill many in Indonesia and Timor Leste Kanako Mita and Sawako Utsumi Modern Tokyo Times Flash flooding is known to have killed at least 50 people in Indonesia and Timor Leste (East Timor). The severity of the situation and threat to livestock means the final death toll is likely to be higher. Landslides,…
Poetry of Japan: Fusions of cultural ideas in bygone days Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Yamanoue no Okura (660-733?) lived a very fascinating life. Naturally, many areas of his life remain unknown and are open to interpretation. This is based on the passages of time. Therefore, his true nationality isn’t fully known alongside many…
Taiwan train derailment kills at least 48: Tomb Sweeping Day tourists Kanako Mita and Noriko Watanabe Modern Tokyo Times Tragedy hit Taiwan after a train derailment killed at least 48 people. Reports are still sketchy, but it is believed that over 70 remain trapped after the derailment carrying approximately 470 passengers. Apparently, many passengers were…
Japan bypasses Emergency: Parts of Hyogo, Osaka, and Miyagi under new measures Sawako Uchida and Sawako Utsumi Modern Tokyo Times Daily infections of coronavirus (Covid-19) are increasing in parts of Japan once more. However, unlike past declarations of a State of Emergency, new measures have been announced outside this declaration. Therefore, fresh confusion abounds concerning…
Evidence of ethnic massacre of Tigrayans in Ethiopia reported Kanako Mita and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia recently confirmed that massacres had taken place in Tigray. He also said that this applies to both sides in the conflict. Hence, the BBC finding of a massacre of people speaking…
Covid-19 daily infections highest in Osaka: Olympic torch relay in jeopardy Kanako Mita and Sawako Utsumi Modern Tokyo Times In the last few days, daily infections of coronavirus (Covid-19) have been highest in Osaka rather than Tokyo. Thus with neighboring regions to Osaka, including Hyogo facing a fresh crisis, fears persist throughout the Kansai region.…
President Biden already increasing debt by nearly $4 trillion Chika Mori and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times President Biden of America announced a new stimulus package costing $2 trillion. Thus, since Biden took office, his two packages total just below 4 trillion dollars. This includes $1.9 trillion to deal with the convulsions of coronavirus…
Japan Health Minister apologizes for the large party despite Covid-19 Kanako Mita and Sawako Uchida Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese minister in charge of Health, Labor, and Welfare apologized deeply for 23 officials enjoying a late-night farewell party despite the ongoing coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis. Thus Tamura Norihisa apologized profusely for betraying the trust of the…
Saitama tourism: Buddhism and connecting with culture in Chichibu Sawako Utsumi and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Chichibu in the prefecture of Saitama is approximately 85 minutes away from the central parts of Tokyo. Hence, if you seek to fuse mountain landscapes, spirituality, outdoor sports connected to mountains and rivers, and a slower pace…
Over 100 reported killed in another bloody day in Myanmar Kanako Mita and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Myanmar is reaching an extremely dangerous period since the ousting of State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi. For bloodshed is increasing to unimaginable levels. Therefore, with over 100 reported deaths in the last 48 hours, regional…
Poetry of ancient Japan enriched by the Middle Kingdom Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The eighth-century Japanese scholar and poet Abe no Nakamaro (698-770) belongs to the cultural world that was inspired by the Middle Kingdom (China). From a very young age, he showed exemplary skills suited to the world of academia. In this…
