Pakistan Christians Get No Justice: Muslims who Burnt Christian Homes and Churches are Acquitted Murad Makhmudov and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Religious minorities in Pakistan were once more betrayed by a biased system that tolerates the destruction of Christian homes and Christian churches. In 2013, the Christian area of Joseph Colony was devastated…
Shia Muslims bare the brunt of Sunni Terrorism so why is Iran on America’s Immigration Hit List? Jibril Khoury and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The administration of President Donald Trump is following on from increasing restrictions being put on certain nations during the Barack Obama administration. In other words, Trump is applying for…
China’s Lukewarm Response to Indian Military Modernization Publication: China Brief By: Oriana Skylar Mastro The Jamestown Foundation Between September 14–27, the United States and India conducted a joint military training exercise in Uttarakhand, an area less than 100 km from the Chinese border (Global Times, September 12). This combined exercise, known as Yudh Abhyas, or…
Art of Japan and Western Encroachment: Utagawa Sadahide (Gountei Sadahide) and Yokohama-e Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Utagawa Sadahide (Gountei Sadahide) witnessed the first years of modernization in Japan that emerged after the 1868 Meiji Restoration. Yet, prior to this dramatic period in Japanese history, the artist Sadahide depicted aspects of Western encroachment. Indeed,…
Trump and Putin in Positive Phone Call to Reset the Clock between America and Russia Sawako Uchida and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times President Donald Trump of America and President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation held an important phone call to break the ice. It is believed that despite enormous pressure being put…
Trump and Abe seek a Bilateral Trade Agreement between America and Japan to Replace TPP Chika Mori and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Japan is optimistic of cementing an even closer relationship with America under President Donald Trump. This is based on the backdrop of changing…
My Journey Out of Radical Islam by Ammar Anwer Special to IPT News Investigative Project on Terrorism I grew up in Rawalpindi, a city in the Punjab province of Pakistan, in a family who had links with the Deoband school of thought (A sub-sect of Sunni Islam in the sub-continent) and Jamaat-e-Islami, the largest Islamist…
Ike No Taiga and Art of Japan: Influence of the Middle Kingdom and Humble Background Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Edo Period is famous for isolating Japan from the outside world and equally known for stratification. This applies notably to events prior to the last few decades of the demise of the Edo…
Japanese Folklore and Light of Buddhism: Care despite the Onset of Abandonment Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Japanese folklore focuses on an array of subjects, from the beauty of light to areas of extreme darkness. The subject area involving oyasute (the abandonment of a parent – or relative) and ubasute (the abandonment of an…
Sunni Islamist Takfiri Women using Babies to Slaughter in Nigeria Paul Joseph Nzeribe, Noriko Watanabe, and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The endless twisted morality of Sunni Islamists is beyond any rationality, therefore, blowing up babies is now part of this utter barbarity in Nigeria. In other words, in the mindset of Sunni Islamists,…
Venezuela Is Falling off the Map Phil Gunson Senior Analyst, Andes International Crisis Group Incoming U.S. President Donald Trump’s first foreign-policy surprise could pop up just a few hours’ flying time south of Miami. A tense political standoff between an increasingly desperate population and a dictatorial regime in Venezuela worsened in early January after the…
Artist from Japan, Heptonstall Church, and Shintoism: Blurred Lines of Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The contemporary Japanese artist, Sawako Utsumi, adores the visual reality of traditional villages and towns in the Calderdale area of West Yorkshire. This noticeably applies to quaint old Christian churches that have survived modernity,…
Russian Federation and Syria Strengthen Ties: Tartus Port 49-year Agreement and Geopolitics Murad Makhmudov and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Russian Federation and Syria are strengthening ties to safeguard the region and boost central forces against the destabilization policies of certain NATO and Gulf nations. Hence, the 49-year deal to expand and modernize…
Malaysia, Corruption, and anti-Myanmar Hysterics: Hypocrisy of the OIC and Mass Media Salma Zribi, Chika Mori, and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times It is widely known that Gulf petrodollars from Saudi Arabia have benefitted certain political elites under the leadership of Prime Minister Najib Razak of Malaysia. Equally, while Najib is concerned by the…
Russia Lambasts the Dying Embers of the Obama Administration: CIA, Trump, and Mass Media Boutros Hussein, Chika Mori, and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Russian Federation under President Vladimir Putin lambasted the dying embers of the Obama administration that is stuck in the Cold War. Putin, unlike President Obama, is intent on a…
U.S. Refusing to Intervene as Ex-CIA Agent Faces Extradition, Prison, in Italy by John Rossomando IPT News Investigative Project on Terrorism Time continues to tick away for former CIA agent Sabrina de Sousa, who faces extradition from Portugal to Italy Tuesday to face a four-year jail sentence for her involvement in the highly classified Bush…
Aert Van Der Neer inspires Japanese Artist: Altered Realities, Christianity, and Dutch Art Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Dutch Golden Age of art is a true blessing because the potency remains despite the enormous distance in time. Not surprisingly, the contemporary Japanese artist Sawako Utsumi adores this reality. This fact can be seen…
Another Prison Massacre in Brazil Boutros Hussein and Kanako Itamae Modern Tokyo Times The government of Brazil needs to formulate new policies to stem recent grim massacres inside prisons that are obviously out of control. According to the latest massacre, another thirty prisoners were mainly beheaded or burnt alive. This follows on from around 100…
PM Justin Trudeau of Canada is blurring the lines after Family Trip and Aga Khan’s Private Helicopter Sawako Uchida and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of the Liberal Party in Canada did much to garner a progressive and liberal image. Yet, his action on a family trip to a very…
Serbia warns Albanians of re-entering Kosovo: Intrigues of Obama against Russia Ramazan Khalidov and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The European Union (EU) and NATO share a theme in Europe and this applies to tolerating the cleansing of Orthodox Christians in Northern Cyprus and the Serbian Jerusalem of Kosovo – just like the same…
Tanomura Chikuden and Art of Japan: Confucius and Art Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese artist Tanomura Chikuden (1777-1835) lived during the Edo period in the land of the rising sun. From a young age the teachings of Confucius appealed greatly during his young adulthood, therefore, Tanomura Chikuden thought heavily about becoming a…
Carrier Operations on Display in the Bohai Gulf By: Peter Wood The Jamestown Foundation On December 15, the Chinese Navy put its first carrier, the Liaoning, through its paces in the Bohai gulf (渤海) near Tianjin and conducted its first exercise with live ammunition (CCTV, December 16). The ship’s complement of J-15 aircraft also carried…
Sunni Islamists and Mass Immigration threatens Europe but Obama and NATO focus on Russia Murad Makhmudov and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The convulsions of the legacy of President Obama of America will continue to haunt many parts of the world. This notably applies to anti-Russian Federation posturing, enormous military sales to Saudi Arabia…
Obama and Farewell: Failed Foreign Policy, NSA scandal, and the Arthur Zimmermann Clone Chika Mori and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times President Barack Obama of America gave a farewell speech that sounded like a different reality to the one that exists. Indeed, if Obama’s time in office equates to dynamism, then clearly the incoming…
Dignity is Essential for Emperor Akihito of Japan to Abdicate: Time is of the Essence Hiroshi Saito, Noriko Watanabe, and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Emperor Akihito of Japan is indicating strongly that abdication is in the interest of the nation because of his declining health. The Emperor was born in 1933 and since…
Japanese Art and Le Nabi Tres Japonard: Pierre Bonnard and his thoughts Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The artistic genius of Pierre Bonnard was far from the mind of his father because he had hoped that his son would become a barrister. At the same time, the sweeping political changes in Japan meant that…
MOROCCO: SECURITY SERVICES MAKE GAINS AS TERROR THREAT GROWS Publication: Terrorism Monitor By: Alexander Sehmer The Jamestown Foundation Moroccan investigators arrested an alleged jihadist with links to al-Qaeda in the city of Azrou in November. The man, a computer engineer, had disseminated jihadist propaganda and was suspected of involvement in online banking fraud that had…
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump seeks a Positive Relationship with the Russian Federation Chika Mori and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The United States President-elect, Donald Trump, once more reiterated the need to have a positive relationship with the Russian Federation. Of course, certain destabilizing elements in both the Democratic Party and Republican Party will…
Germany and Salafi Extremism: Social Democrats leader speaks out against Takfiris Murad Makhmudov and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times It appears that some German politicians in mainstream parties are waking up to the threat of Sunni Salafi extremism that is gaining ground in Germany. For example, Sigmar Gabriel, the leader of the Social Democrats…
Art of Japan and Impact on Claude Monet Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Claude Monet was a very important artist within French Impressionism and despite new artistic movements like Cubism and Fauvism altering the artistic landscape, he remained firmly committed to this art movement. Another major art theme that would shape Claude Monet was…
Japan and Photo Images during Meiji and Taisho Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The photography of Ogawa Kazumasa (1860-1929) provides an alternative glimpse into the changing reality of Japan but not from a modernist point of view. This esteemed photographer was born in the late Edo era but his childhood belongs to the revolutionary…
Beyond ISIS: Europe’s Salafists Nurturing Jihad by Abigail R. Esman Special to IPT News Investigative Project on Terrorism Before there was the Islamic State, before YouTube videos that seduce Europe’s Muslims to join in the jihad, before Twitter and Tumblr and the many tools of recruitment on the Internet, there was the local mosque. There…
