The Student News Site of The American School in Japan 2024-04-25T05:57:03Z /feed/atom/ WordPress Article by Sena Chang, Editor /?p=5038 2024-04-25T05:57:03Z 2024-04-25T05:57:03Z

Reading Time: 4 minutes Russia, at last, compromised with the U.S. on the clean-up of abandoned chemical weapons. India, the USSR, and Canada signed to establish the Japanese Food Aid Program (JFAP) in post-war Japan. Delegates reached a unanimous agreement on policies combating issues of escalating malnutrition and HIV/AIDS outbreaks in less economically developed countries.  The geopolitical universe in...]]>

0 Article by Sena Chang, Editor /?p=5033 2024-04-24T00:32:44Z 2024-04-23T14:49:01Z

Reading Time: 7 minutes ASIJ saved me. After attending a series of private and religious schools in South Korea, where learning was merely a relentless, rote pursuit of status within a rigid, standardized system, I arrived at ASIJ eight years ago with little intellectual curiosity and rife indifference. Stepping onto the Chofu campus felt like entering paradise. ASIJ’s commitment...]]>

13 Article by Sophia Nielsen, Writer /?p=5010 2024-04-23T00:29:20Z 2024-04-23T00:29:20Z

Reading Time: 5 minutes The inherent subjectivity of art is not a particularly controversial concept; there is no single way to perceive either the visual form or the intended meaning of an artwork, as every viewer takes a unique point of view and set of experiences into their reading of art. So, many artists have questioned, how is it...]]>

1 Article by Sena Chang, Editor /?p=4998 2024-04-10T12:55:51Z 2024-04-10T12:55:51Z

Reading Time: 4 minutes The functionality of plants on our planet is manifold: they provide us with oxygen, contribute to lush green landscapes, and form the basis of entire ecosystems. This year’s iGEM team aims to expand this list by researching a novel function—electricity generation. Over the next two years, ASIJ’s iGEM team will focus on enhancing the efficiency...]]>

0 Article by Sophia Tamada Nielsen and Karina Kirpalani /?p=4991 2024-04-09T01:58:34Z 2024-04-09T01:57:30Z

Reading Time: < 1 minute Every spring, the ASIJ student body gathers to vote for who they think should be their next Student Body President. Weeks of campaigning in hallways, classrooms, and across social media lead up to a day in the theater where each candidate lays out their vision for the upcoming school year. Each of the three candidates...]]>

0 Article by Sophia Tamada Nielsen and Karina Kirpalani /?p=4979 2024-04-09T01:22:23Z 2024-04-09T01:22:23Z

Reading Time: 3 minutes               Emma Savarese (‘25) has been at ASIJ since fourth grade, so she is among the crop of students who considers ASIJ their “home.” Yet before becoming a member of the ASIJ community, Emma lived in four different countries across three different continents, growing up around a variety of...]]>

0 Article by Sophia Tamada Nielsen and Karina Kirpalani /?p=4952 2024-04-09T01:13:18Z 2024-04-09T01:13:18Z

Reading Time: 2 minutes             When she was in ninth grade, Suri Choi (‘25) observed that the student body was quite disconnected from the people they chose as their elected representatives. It seemed that most students were unaware of what happened during StuCo meetings, what initiatives StuCo was working on, or even who the...]]>

0 Article by Sophia Tamada Nielsen and Karina Kirpalani /?p=4949 2024-04-09T01:13:10Z 2024-04-09T00:55:07Z

Reading Time: 3 minutes             One of the first words Arnab Karmokar (‘25) used to describe the role of student government was “fun.” A three year StuCo veteran, Arnab knows the ins and outs of emceeing at class competitions and organizing Selfie Knockout—things the student body sees on the “outside.” But Arnab says there...]]>

0 Article by Sena Chang, Sophia Tamada Nielsen, Karina Kirpalani, and Elizabeth Rexrode /?p=4924 2024-04-22T11:11:50Z 2024-04-06T08:01:50Z

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0 Article by Elizabeth Rexrode, Writer /?p=4917 2024-04-06T07:02:11Z 2024-04-06T07:02:04Z

Reading Time: 3 minutes Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was one of the world’s first video games to utilize 3D graphics. Yet perhaps its most iconic element is its soundtrack, which plays an integral role in the game’s storyline.  With only a small, flute-like instrument called an ocarina, Link, the protagonist of The Legend of Zelda...]]>

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