The Student News Site of The American School in Japan Mon, 22 Apr 2024 11:11:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 /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 /arts-entertainment/mattel-and-barbie-honor-stevie-nicks/ /arts-entertainment/mattel-and-barbie-honor-stevie-nicks/#comments Sat, 27 Jan 2024 03:40:08 +0000 /?p=4638 Reading Time: 2 minutes On October 1, 2023, Stevie Nicks, lead singer of the popular British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, unveiled a secret collaboration with Mattel to an audience of concert-goers at Madison Square Garden.  As a gift for her 75th birthday, Mattel, the toy company best known for their Barbie dolls, reached out to Nicks asking if she...]]> /arts-entertainment/mattel-and-barbie-honor-stevie-nicks/feed/ 1 /arts-entertainment/the-end-of-the-beatles/ /arts-entertainment/the-end-of-the-beatles/#respond Sun, 12 Nov 2023 14:36:10 +0000 /?p=4545 Reading Time: 4 minutes Fifty-three years after their breakup, the last Beatles song, “Now and Then,” was released on November 3rd, 2023. Originally a never-to-be-finished rough draft written by John Lennon, the song has bridged both old and new fans together. From four boys in Liverpool to a global sensation, the Beatles made a mark on history throughout the...]]> /arts-entertainment/the-end-of-the-beatles/feed/ 0 /arts-entertainment/a-brief-look-into-50-years-of-style-in-rock/ /arts-entertainment/a-brief-look-into-50-years-of-style-in-rock/#respond Tue, 07 Nov 2023 11:28:36 +0000 /?p=4517 Reading Time: 4 minutes “They’re shoe-shoes, silly,” answered David Bowie in a 1973 interview when he was asked whether his pink high heels were “men’s shoes, women’s shoes, or bisexual shoes.”  When one thinks of fashion, runways and magazines come to mind, but fashion is not limited to models. It is a method of self-expression for all identities. For...]]> /arts-entertainment/a-brief-look-into-50-years-of-style-in-rock/feed/ 0