Japan and Zen Buddhist art: Shunso Joshu Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese Zen Buddhist monk, Shunso Joshu, was born in the middle of the eighteenth century. One can only imagine how the local Buddhist temples in Oita impacted him. Thus, it was apparent from a very young age that the Buddhist priesthood…
Anti-Russia Kishida: Only Japan in Asia walked out of APEC Kanako Mita, Sawako Utsumi, and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Japan shamed itself again under Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. He is the most ardent anti-Russia zealot to rule Japan in recent history. After all, if Kishida was concerned about nations invading others, how can…
Iran protests and murky America and Iran ties: Social media stifled Noriko Watanabe and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Protests in Iran are nothing new. The same concerns the ambivalence of America and the European Union. Therefore, the latest protests in Iran – triggered by rising food prices – also fuse naturally with individuals…
Tokyo tourism: Tokyo Roof Garden in Higashi Shinagawa Sawako Utsumi and Sawako Uchida Modern Tokyo Times Tokyo is blessed with many hidden gems. This includes architecture, bird watching, Buddhist temples, minor local shopping areas that bring back memories of pre-modernized Tokyo, traditional porcelain, Shinto shrines, Tokyo roof gardens, and so much more. Thus, it is…
Libya tensions and the legacy of America and the UK: Failed states (EU and Japan) Kanako Mita, Sawako Utsumi, and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The European Union (EU) and Japan never imposed sanctions on America and other European nations involved with the destabilization of Afghanistan, Libya, Iraq, and countless brutal deeds – from…
Japanese art and the fading dawn of ukiyo-e Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Meiji Restoration (1868-1912) witnessed the fading dawn of ukiyo-e – to a connection with ukiyo-e during the Taisho Period (1912-1926) called shin-hanga (new prints). However, the impact of modernization during the Meiji Period – to political and artistic elites focusing on various Western art forms – entailed that ukiyo-e would gradually become…
Anti-Russia Kishida and mega debt Japan pump more money into Ukraine Kanako Mita and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan is the most anti-Russia leader in modern Japanese history. Thus – while people in Japan suffer from over two decades of static wages and three squandered economic decades – Kishida…
North Korea Covid-19 crisis might create minor solidarity with South Korea Noriko Watanabe and Chika Mori Modern Tokyo Times North Korea is facing its first major crisis concerning the international coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis. Thus, the leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un (Kim Jong-un), is being outspoken and warning the people of this nation that…
Japan art and Buddhism: Desolate mountains and monks Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The gifted contemporary Japanese artist Sawako Utsumi often focuses on the desolation of the mountain landscape along with angles of Buddhism and Shintoism. In this article, the focus is on Buddhism, nature, and holy monks. In the art piece below titled “The…
Mali quits G5 Sahel anti-jihadist force: France intrigues? Kanako Mita and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The nation of Mali is quitting the G5 Sahel regional group. This regional group consisted of Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger before Mali announced that it would withdraw from this anti-jihadist alliance. Mali is citing political…
Japan art and Otake Kokkan (1880-1945): Rebellious spirit Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese artist Otake Kokkan (Kokukan) was born during the Meiji Period. He witnessed enormous economic, military, political, and social convulsions throughout his life. Therefore, similar to other Japanese artists in this period of history, Kokkan felt the enormous artistic changes…
Anti-Russia Kishida hits another economic negative: Wholesale inflation high Sawako Utsumi and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Time The two certainties of the early leadership of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida are endless anti-Russia policies – followed by recent negative highs concerning economics. Therefore, wholesale prices have just hit a new high under Kishida. The monitoring…
Muslims stone a Christian female to death in Nigeria Sawako Utsumi and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times A young Christian woman in Nigeria was stoned to death by a Muslim mob on the grounds of blasphemy. Deborah Yakubu died at the hands of many Muslim males in northern Nigeria. They then burnt her body…
Japan art and folklore: Samurai Taira no Tadamori Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Taira clan was one of the four notable family clans of old Japan. Fujiwara, Minamoto, and Tachibana were the other notable families. Hence, Taira no Tadamori (1096-1153) was a potent samurai leader in 12th-century Japan. Tadamori was known for his…
Japan nationalist Kishida is upsetting the junior Komeito partner Kanako Mita and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The anti-Russia administration of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Japan never misses an opportunity to condemn the Russian Federation. At home, in Japan, countless numbers of people have suffered more than three squandered economic decades and over…
Prince Ōtsu and 7th century Japanese poetry: Death awaits Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Prince Ōtsu (663-686) enjoyed the trappings of beauty, culture, prestige, and other important things throughout his early life. It appeared that an esteemed future awaited him. However, similar to other cultures in this period, internal family and political intrigues would…
Biden’s America: 1.1 million Covid and overdose deaths but funds death in Ukraine Kanako Mita, Sawako Utsumi, and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times President Biden and the Democrats love taking the knee at home, inciting ethnic divisions, spreading divisions internationally, and plying gender identity confusion – while financing Ukrainian nationalists to tens of billions…
NATO expansion aimed at Russia never-ending: Warsaw Pact and Japan Kanako Mita, Sawako Utsumi, and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Warsaw Pact – a collection of nations under the Soviet Bloc during the Cold War – ended in 1991. At first, early American administrations promised not to expand NATO. However, the opposite emerged.…
Japanese art and the influence of Buddhism on Rinpa art Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Japanese Rinpa (Rimpa) art is a wonder to behold. From the inception of this delightful art form, the Buddhist sect of Nichiren was instrumental. Hence, despite the gradual decline of the impact of Buddhism on this art form, the aesthetics of…
Russia Seeks to Keep Water Transit Between Caspian and Azov Seas Open Year Round Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor By: Paul Goble The Jamestown Foundation At present, Moscow can move ships, including the naval vessels of the Caspian Flotilla, between the Caspian Sea and the Sea of Azov for only about eight months out of the year…
Kamisaka Sekka (1866-1942) and the world of artistic dreams Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Kamisaka Sekka (1866-1942) lit up the Japanese art world with his atmospheric approach during a period of international conflict. For example, he went outside traditional boundaries by creating a world of dreams. Of course, not all art by Sekka was based on…
US warmongering under Biden: Lend-Lease and Russia (China and Japan) Kanako Mita, Sawako Utsumi, and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times President Biden of America served under Barack Obama. Hence, similar to the Obama administration going to war in Libya and supporting the crisis in Syria and Yemen: Biden is spending vast sums to boost Ukrainian…
Japan and Nara: Buddhist art of the eighth century Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Nara is the cradle of Japanese high culture that emerged in the eighth century. This concerns the Nara Period, which consists of the majority of the eighth century in the land of the rising sun. Therefore, Nara continues to attract…
Anti-Russia Kishida and oil: Increase from nations bombing Yemen Noriko Watanabe and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Prime Minister Fumio Kishida values Western Ukrainians differently than Russians in the Donbas region or pro-Russian speakers from different ethnic groups in parts of this land. Equally, while promising to gradually erase the Russian Federation from Japan’s…
Colombia drug cartel reacts after Otoniel extradited to the US Kanako Mita and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Northern Colombia is witnessing the reaction of a noted drug cartel since Otoniel (Dairo Antonio Úsuga) was extradited to America. The Gulf Clan drug cartel understands how to install fear and enforce loyalty concerning the utilization of violence. …
Japan Zen Buddhist art and the Middle Kingdom (China) Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The legacy of the Middle Kingdom (China) is visible throughout Japan. Hence, the flow of architecture, Buddhism, Confucianism, literature, gardens, Taoism, tea ceremony, and countless other important areas persist in modern Japan. Mokuan Reien, a famous Japanese Zen priest of…
Islamist terrorist attack kills 11 soldiers in Egypt Sawako Utsumi and Sawako Uchida Modern Tokyo Times Islamists have killed 11 Egyptian soldiers after the security forces tried to prevent a terrorist attack concerning the Suez Canal Zone. The Sinai peninsula in recent years witnessed the increasing control of this important region by the armed forces…
Iran and Ahmadreza Djalali faces the threat of execution Kanako Mita and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Islamic Revolution of 1979 continues to kill people deemed the enemies of the theocratic nation-state. Hence, the bloodthirsty nature of the Islamic theocratic state rules by fear in 2022 – just like it did from the…
Art of Japan and Utagawa Toyokuni: The modest artist Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese artist, Utagawa Toyokuni, was born in 1769 during the Edo Period and died in 1825. Toyokuni was extremely modest. This concerns his artistic ability – in comparison with riskier artists. Toyokuni famously said, “My pictures – they are merely…
Kenya and ethnic violence in the Marsabit region Kanako Mita and Sawako Utsumi Modern Tokyo Times Kenya is blighted by ethnic violence in the county of Marsabit. Hence, with another five deaths after the latest ethnic clash, the Kenyan authorities are stepping up internal security to quell the ongoing crisis. Authorities say both ethnic groups…
Japan art and poetry: Yosa Buson and flow of China Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Yosa Buson is one of the greatest poets to hail from the land of Japan. Matsuo Bashō and Kobayashi Issa – along with Buson – were the most potent poets during the Edo Period of Japanese history. Therefore, this…
Anti-Russia Kishida barred from Russia: Washington coattail Kishida Noriko Watanabe and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Irrespective of what people think about the Russian Federation entering Russian and Russian speaking areas of Ukraine – while seeking to contain endless Ukrainian attacks against the Donbas region – and stemming the NATO gathering tide. Japan –…
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