International Aid is assisting Sunni Islamism and Year Zero: Government to the Taliban Ramazan Khalidov, Michiyo Tanabe, and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Once more many nations will pledge major financial support to the government of Afghanistan and like usual little strings will be attached. In other words, irrespective if it is the anti-non-Muslim…
Japanese Art and Power of Mount Fuji Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Mount Fuji in Japan means many things to different individuals because of the symbolic importance of this highly impressive and unique mountain. Internationally, Mount Fuji is famous and for individuals flying to Japan for the first time, then the view is amazing…
Sudan’s Controversial Rapid Support Forces Bolster Saudi Efforts in Yemen Publication: Terrorism Monitor Volume: 15 Issue: 20 By: Nicholas A. Heras The Jamestown Foundation In late September, the military leader of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF), General Muhammad Hamdan Daqlu (a.k.a. “Hametti”), unintentionally sparked controversy by announcing that 412 Sudanese soldiers had been killed in…
Japanese Megabanks threaten major job losses based on changing times and profitability Chika Mori and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Megabanks in Japan are threatening major job losses over respective periods of time to offset changing technology, client usage habits, a changing financial market, and the need to boost profitability based on restructuring. However,…
Japanese Art and the portrayal of modernity through the prism of Yokohama-e Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The artist Utagawa Sadahide (Gountei Sadahide) lived to see the first years of Japanese modernization that began in 1868 with the start of the Meiji Restoration. Intriguingly, he also focused on depicting foreign nationals that were now…
PM of Spain calls regional election on December 21 after Catalan leader removed under Article 155 Noriko Watanabe and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The government of Spain at a moment of crisis ushered in Article 155 in the hope of preserving the unity of the nation-state. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy took this action…
Narcotics, Sharia, and Shadow of NATO: Drugs Crisis in Iran emanating from Afghanistan Boutros Hussein, Noriko Watanabe, and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Islamic Revolution in Shia Iran was meant to usher in a society based on conservative Muslim morals based on Sharia Islamic law. Yet, many decades later then clearly “emptiness” and…
China, India, and Russia support Myanmar’s struggle against Islamic terrorism and path to stability Murad Makhmudov and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The powerful nations of China, India, and the Russian Federation continue to express their support for the government of Myanmar. Indeed, given certain animosities between China and India over border issues –…
Japanese Artist inspired by L.S. Lowry: Japanese context of Northern England Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The contemporary Japanese artist, Sawako Utsumi, is deeply moved by the art of L.S. Lowry (original below). Indeed, several art pieces done by Utsumi relate to playing on certain Japanese themes while focusing on the original. Therefore, in…
Sentenced to Death for Drinking Water and Blasphemy in Pakistan: Asia Bibi and Persecution Amina Qamar, Takeshi Hasegawa, and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The brave Christian lady called Asia Bibi (Aasiya Noreen) highlights that while ISIS (Islamic State – IS) hit the headlines, this Christian female is a victim of ordinary Muslims and…
Japan, South Korea, and the United States aim to show unity towards North Korea Noriko Watanabe and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Defense Ministers of America, Japan, and South Korea all issued a joint statement aimed at North Korea. This is in relation to North Korea and its increasing saber rattling, modernization of…
PM Shinzo Abe claims a fresh mandate: LDP and junior partner Komeito utilize weak opposition Sawako Uchida and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) overcame the late bumps of 2016 and major headaches of the first few months of 2017, to emerge victorious in…
Art of Japan and the Kami of Shinto: Mountains in Blue Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The modern Japanese artist, Sawako Utsumi, hails from northern Japan. In this article, the focus is on three recent art pieces related to stunning mountains. Unlike this art piece, the faith of Shinto played a significant part in…
Chinese and Indian Competition in Space Heats Up Publication: China Brief By: Sudha Ramachandran The Jamestown Foundation On May 5, India began a new diplomatic push in South Asia by launching the “South Asia satellite” into space. Built and launched by the government-run Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), the satellite will provide communications and meteorological…
Mosques attacked by Sunni Islamists in Afghanistan: Islamist hypocrisy and Myanmar Boutros Hussein and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Sunni Islamists have once more slaughtered Shia Muslims in Afghanistan after one brutal attack against a Shia mosque. During the same timescale, another Sunni mosque was attacked in a suspected attack by Sunni Islamists based…
Prime Minister Abe of Japan in confident mood prior to the Election Noriko Watanabe and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Unlike the leader of the United Kingdom, Theresa May, it appears that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan took the bull by the horns in order to re-galvanize his faltering leadership. Of course, the…
Shintoism and Japanese Poetry: Arakida Moritake (1473-1549) Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The poetry of Arakida Moritake (1473-1549) was inspired by the flows of the past, the reality of nature, and the Shinto faith that meant so much to him. Not surprisingly, in the history of Japan prior to the modernization period of the…
Christians abandoned in Nigeria: Endless Massacres by the Muslim Fulani Chika Mori and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The government of Nigeria needed the support of regional nations in order to tackle the brutal Sunni Islamist forces of Boko Haram. Yet, in the Middle Belt of Nigeria, endless massacres of Christians by Muslims is…
Poetry – The Toad Fears the Death Knell of Europe Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The toad did not fear death On the contrary, the fear was not resting on his native soil Every day another ship arrives and ruins his paradise Feeling forlorn, the toad moves to the countryside with a big sigh…
Sunni Islamist terrorist attack kills at least 230 people in Somalia Murad Makhmudov and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Sunni Islamic terrorists targeting the capital of this nation have killed at least 230 people in Somalia. Of course, in recent times the flow of blood in Mogadishu is all too familiar and the same…
Abe no Nakamaro (698-770) and Japan Poetry: Influence of the Middle Kingdom Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese scholar and poet, Abe no Nakamaro (698-770), resided in the world of the Middle Kingdom, where the predominance of Chinese culture and influence flowed naturally in Korea, Japan, Vietnam, and other regional areas. In time,…
British and Islamic collusion in the Chittagong Hill Tracts against Buddhism: Myanmar and Hinduism Sawako Utsumi and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The reality of the Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh where Buddhists are increasingly marginalized based on endless Bengali Muslim settlements, is a fear held within certain Buddhist circles who worry about Islamization…
Hindu Organizations in Myanmar condemn ARSA Terrorism and International Media Coverage Boutros Hussein, Noriko Watanabe, and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Important Hindu organizations in Myanmar have condemned the Islamist terrorist organization called the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) for committing massacres against Hindus. At the same time, the All Myanmar Hindu Central Council…
Armenia Amends New Military Doctrine in Standoff With Azerbaijan Over Karabakh Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor By: Eduard Abrahamyan The Jamestown Foundation At the Armenian diaspora’s Sixth Pan-Armenian Forum, held on September 18¬–20, Armenian Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandian declared that Yerevan was discussing the possible handover of some occupied territories back to Azerbaijan, in line with…
Japanese Female Literature: Trials and Tribulations of Michitsuna no Haha 935-995 Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese female writer (diarist) and waka poet Michitsuna no Haha (Michitsuna’s mother) was born in 935 and she passed away in 995. Her writings, or diaries of truth and lament, highlight the trials and tribulations that she…
Poetry – Saffron Robes in Myanmar seek to escape the reality of history! Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Buddha walked and gently guided from afar Then the sword of jihad cut down the tree of knowledge Within generations, the Buddhists, Hindus, Nestorians, and Zoroastrians had to flee Yet, for the forces of Zoroaster,…
Russian Federation accuses America of assisting ISIS movements entering Syria Murad Makhmudov and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Russian Federation is accusing America of reducing its air strikes on ISIS (Islamic State – IS) in Iraq, in order to weaken the position of the Syrian armed forces. Of course, the issue isn’t singular…
Merkel in Germany is still putting mass immigration before Germans: Election meant? Helmet Joachim Schmidt, Chika Mori, and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The recent election in Germany witnessed a result that was detrimental to the two main political parties in this nation. Despite this, and with one of the main causes being the…
France will not recognize Catalonia if a Unilateral Declaration from Spain is declared Sawako Uchida and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times France is stepping up its closeness to Spain by stating that it will not recognize any unilateral declaration of independence by Catalonia. At the same time, Catalans who are equally proud to be…
Buddhist Art, Sesshū Tōyō, and entrapment of time: Is Huike paying respect to Bodhidharma? Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese artist, Sesshū Tōyō (1420-1506), never questioned the Buddhist faith but in an artistic sense, he felt constrained by the time of his day. Indeed, the stunning and intriguing art piece titled Huike Offering…
Pneumonic Plague is stalking Madagascar with 33 deaths since August Noriko Watanabe and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The deadly pneumonic plague is stalking several cities in Madagascar, far from the usual areas where the plague usually hits in the central highlands of this nation. Not surprisingly, authorities in Madagascar and the World Health…
Apple and the CIA: MacBooks and iPhones infiltrated but Duplicity or Sincerity? Sawako Uchida and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times It is reported by WikiLeaks that the CIA has infiltrated products by Apple, in relation to iPhones and MacBooks, for 8 years. Of course, while this issue is nothing new, the extent, possible duplicity,…
