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…
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…
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…
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…
Anti-Russia Kishida and the usual grovel to America: China, Kurils, and amnesia Kanako Mita and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The two constant themes of the first six months of the administration of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Japan are his endless anti-Russia statements and depressing economic results. However, despite the Yen reaching a…
Sweden hit by Muslim riots after threat to burn the Koran Murad Makhmudov and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Muslim riots have broken out in Sweden after a far-right politician threatened to burn the Koran (Quran). This isn’t the first time that riots have broken out about the desecration of the Koran and the…
UK, US, Japan, and NATO supply arms and money for Ukraine to kill Russians: Would they like? Kanako Mita, Sawako Utsumi, and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Imagine if citizens and soldiers of NATO nations and Japan were being killed in a war whereby the pro-Russian Federation umbrella began to supply military arms and…
The Increasing Danger Facing Women in Turkey by Abigail R. EsmanIPT News Investigative Project on Terrorism There was Aylin Sozer in Istanbul, whose former boyfriend slit her throat and then burned her alive. There was 23-year-old Sule Cet, raped by her boss and tossed from the 20th-floor window of a high rise in Ankara. And in Denizli Province,…
Legacy of Obama and the continuing audacity of death: Libya, Syria, and Yemen Sawako Utsumi and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The legacy of former President Barack Obama of America isn’t the title of his book, The Audacity of Hope. Instead, it is the “audacity of death” for Libya, the Sahel region, Syria, and Yemen. This reality…
OPEC, Russia, and Quad: Gulf powers and India ignore America, Japan, and the UK Kanako Mita and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The OPEC+ group of nations has no intentions of taking a stance against the Russian Federation concerning the conflict in Ukraine. America, Japan, the United Kingdom, and several European Union nations tried…
Iraq and NATO convulsions: Christians, LGBT, Yazidis, and failed state Kanako Mita, Sawako Utsumi, and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Western media (on the whole) with Japan jumping on the anti-Russia bandwagon, under Prime Minister Fumio Kishida – is providing the simple “heroic” versus “demonic” narrative once more. Hence, Ukraine bombing the Donbas region (Russians and Russian speakers) since 2014 –…
Kishida in Hiroshima (irony) and anti-China and anti-Russia: West Papua to Yemen Sawako Uchida and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Unbelievably, given the linkage of America with dropping nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida continued with his anti-Russian Federation and anti-China rhetoric in the environs of Hiroshima. Like the last administration…
Islamists kill civilians in Burkina Faso: NATO’s legacy of death (Libya) Kanako Mita and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The nation of Burkina Faso witnessed three different Islamist terrorist attacks in the last three days. This continuing pattern blights the nation. Ethnic tensions along with political and military intrigues have also entered the fray concerning…
Sport and Western PC authoritarianism: Russophobia is out of control Kanako Mita, Sawako Utsumi, and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Western politically correct (PC) authoritarianism is out of control concerning the Russian Federation. Thus, Russian conductors and artists in various fields are losing their jobs – or performance contracts – throughout many Western democratic…
ISIS Resurrection a Cause for Alarm by Hany GhorabaIPT News Investigative Project on Terrorism The Feb. 3 killing of ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Qurayshi in a U.S. Special Forces raid comes amid concerns the ruthless terrorist movement once considered defeated is reconstituting. ISIS executed 2,705 acts of terrorism last year, leaving of 8,147 people killed…
Iran hangs two homosexuals under Islamic Sharia law Noriko Watanabe and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Two homosexuals were recently hanged in Iran for the act of “sodomy.” Hence, homosexuals and apostates from Islam continue to face brutal punishments in this country. Therefore, the concept of religious freedom – and allowing sexual minorities to…
Biden and anti-Russia warmongers: Play it again Bush, Clinton, and Obama Noriko Watanabe and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times During the administration of Donald Trump, he did a rare thing in recent American history. Yes, he didn’t start or instigate a war. Only recently, the Barack Obama administration destabilized Libya and Syria – along…
UN says 2,000 child soldiers killed in Yemen: Houthis and the Middle East Noriko Watanabe and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Experts within the United Nations (UN) say that nearly 2,000 child soldiers fighting for Houthi forces have been killed between January 2020 and May 2021. The UN panel knows that 1,406 child soldier deaths…
Saudi-led coalition airstrikes in Yemen kill many: Endless suffering Noriko Watanabe and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Saudi Arabia-led coalition is responsible for the deaths of at least 60 people in the province of Saada. This comes after airstrikes hit a detention center. Hence, the latest deaths join a never-ending list of massacres…
Lebanon and President Aoun hints at closer ties with Gulf Powers Noriko Watanabe and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Lebanon is blighted by increasing poverty, high unemployment, and the infrastructure is under enormous strain because of many complex factors. However, certain internal forces are bent on serving the interests of Iran rather than Lebanon.…
Kurdish prisoner executed in Iran: Family told he is in his grave Sawako Utsumi and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Islamic Revolution of 1979 culminated in the power concentration of ruling Shia theocratic elites and the political system that is part of the state apparatus that rules by fear. Countless numbers of people…
Imperfect return of PM Hamdok backed by Saudi Arabia, UAE, UK, and the US Noriko Watanabe and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The agreed reinstatement of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok – former senior United Nations (UN) official – was welcomed by the Quad for Sudan group. This consists of America, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab…
Erdogan Fosters Anti-Western Sentiment in Turkey by Hany GhorabaIPT News Investigative Project on Terrorism The Nov. 1 assault on an American sailor by Turkish nationalists reflects the anti-western sentiment prevailing in Turkey fostered by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. During a stop in Istanbul, the sailor was surrounded by a dozen or more members of a pro-Iranian neo-nationalist…
Iraq assassination attempt against PM al-Kadhimi fails Kanako Mita and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Prime Minister of Iraq, Mustafa al-Kadhimi, survived a sophisticated assassination attack. It is known that an armed drone laden with explosives tried to kill him. Seven security guards protecting al-Kadhimi were injured in this brazen assassination attempt. Immediately,…
Quad for Sudan to support stability: Saudi Arabia, UAE, UK, and the US Kanako Mita and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The nations of America, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and the United Kingdom (UK) have all announced collectively that they will support Sudan in its democratic transition. Thus, they are calling…
Yemen war: Mosque and religious building hit by Houthi missile attack Noriko Watanabe and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The conflict in Yemen is a protracted conflict that pits internal forces and outside regional nations against each other. Hence, the flow of death is endless. This applies to people being killed directly in military…
Iran’s Atrocious Human Rights Record Must Be Addressed Before New Nuclear Talks by Abigail R. EsmanIPT News Investigative Project on Terrorism There were days in a cramped, dark room. There were days and nights at Evin prison, with bright lights and interrogations and little or no sleep. And then there was the injection, a mysterious…
President el-Sisi lifts the State of Emergency in Egypt: Anti-Christian attacks and Muslim Brotherhood Kanako Mita and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi will lift the State of Emergency that was imposed in April 2017. Following the first imposition, it was mandated every three months and maintained. However, with stability returning to…
Yemen and UNICEF says 10,000 known children killed or injured since the war began Noriko Watanabe and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Rich Gulf nations spend vast sums on owning European football clubs, buy expensive property all over the world in exclusive cities, buy yachts at unimaginable sums, go on Muslim religious pilgrimages, and…
Iran and Nuclear deal is a luxury that bypasses the fear of everyday life! Kanako Mita and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The central state of Iran rules by fear. This concerns the most basic things in life – from how females dress, holding alternative political ideas, questioning political cronyism, seeking to follow a different…
Bloodshed in Beirut is a reminder that regional Christians have been betrayed Murad Makhmudov, Kanako Mita, and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Lebanon is the only country in the Middle East with a sizeable population of Christians, even if Coptic Christians are more numerous in Egypt. However, regional nations and ethnic groups have utilized…
Iran prison witness of the torture of Navid Akfari dies in suspicious circumstances Sawako Utsumi and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The torture of the Iranian champion wrestler, Navid Afkari, before his execution was witnessed by Shahin Naseri. Hence, the suspicious death of the prisoner Naseri is bound to lead to accusations against Iran…
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