The Student News Site of The American School in Japan Thu, 25 Apr 2024 05:57:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 /news/delegates-look-to-innovative-international-solutions-at-asijmun-iv/ /news/delegates-look-to-innovative-international-solutions-at-asijmun-iv/#respond Thu, 25 Apr 2024 05:57:03 +0000 /?p=5038 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...]]> /news/delegates-look-to-innovative-international-solutions-at-asijmun-iv/feed/ 0 /opinion/gaza-and-the-conversations-we-arent-having/ /opinion/gaza-and-the-conversations-we-arent-having/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2024 14:49:01 +0000 /?p=5033 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...]]> /opinion/gaza-and-the-conversations-we-arent-having/feed/ 13 /opinion/in-a-field-as-subjective-as-art-do-grades-matter/ /opinion/in-a-field-as-subjective-as-art-do-grades-matter/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2024 00:29:20 +0000 /?p=5010 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...]]> /opinion/in-a-field-as-subjective-as-art-do-grades-matter/feed/ 1 /news/inside-igems-new-two-year-project-generating-electricity-using-plants-and-photovoltaics/ /news/inside-igems-new-two-year-project-generating-electricity-using-plants-and-photovoltaics/#respond Wed, 10 Apr 2024 12:55:51 +0000 /?p=4998 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...]]> /news/inside-igems-new-two-year-project-generating-electricity-using-plants-and-photovoltaics/feed/ 0 /campus-life/student-body-president-elections-what-you-need-to-know/ /campus-life/student-body-president-elections-what-you-need-to-know/#respond Tue, 09 Apr 2024 01:57:30 +0000 /?p=4991 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...]]> /campus-life/student-body-president-elections-what-you-need-to-know/feed/ 0 /uncategorized/emma-savarese-emma4prez/ /uncategorized/emma-savarese-emma4prez/#respond Tue, 09 Apr 2024 01:22:23 +0000 /?p=4979 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...]]> /uncategorized/emma-savarese-emma4prez/feed/ 0 /uncategorized/suri-choi-your-best-choice/ /uncategorized/suri-choi-your-best-choice/#respond Tue, 09 Apr 2024 01:13:18 +0000 /?p=4952 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...]]> /uncategorized/suri-choi-your-best-choice/feed/ 0 /uncategorized/arnab-karmokar-vote-arnab-hes-on-the-job/ /uncategorized/arnab-karmokar-vote-arnab-hes-on-the-job/#respond Tue, 09 Apr 2024 00:55:07 +0000 /?p=4949 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...]]> /uncategorized/arnab-karmokar-vote-arnab-hes-on-the-job/feed/ 0 /campus-life/asijmun-iv-x-hanabi-exclusive-report/ /campus-life/asijmun-iv-x-hanabi-exclusive-report/#respond Sat, 06 Apr 2024 08:01:50 +0000 /?p=4924 Reading Time: < 1 minute ]]> /campus-life/asijmun-iv-x-hanabi-exclusive-report/feed/ 0 /arts-entertainment/the-role-of-music-in-the-ocarina-of-time/ /arts-entertainment/the-role-of-music-in-the-ocarina-of-time/#respond Sat, 06 Apr 2024 07:02:04 +0000 /?p=4917 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...]]> /arts-entertainment/the-role-of-music-in-the-ocarina-of-time/feed/ 0