Article by Ryne Hisada, section editor
May 17, 2021 • No Comments
Coronavirus vaccine distribution in any given country varies widely for a variety of reasons, often not limited to simple affordability. This is especially apparent in the fact that only 1% of Japanese citizens are fully...
Article by Tei Kim, section editor
May 17, 2021 • No Comments
On April 12, Israeli police barricaded the Damascus Gate Plaza in East Jerusalem, a popular gathering place for Palestinians during Ramadan and one of the only centers of Palestinian life in Jerusalem. Around the same time,...
Article by JonJon Wang, section editor
May 13, 2021 • No Comments
Since February of 2021, over 500 people have been murdered in Myanmar. Located in Southeast Asia, the once peaceable country is currently suffering from mass protests, violent crackdowns, and government shakedowns. News...
Article by Maia Macek, Writer
May 3, 2021 • No Comments
In recent weeks, college decisions have been released, leading to an eruption of emotions from seniors around the world. While the depth of joy and sorrow might not be so different from previous years, there is no doubt college...
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Article by Kokoro Igawa and Sejin Yu
June 12, 2021
As the American School in Japan’s student-led literary and art magazine, Daruma, celebrates its 50th anniversary, we are naturally inclined to reflect on how, since the...
Distance versus Off-Campus: ASIJ’s Evolving Online Learning
February 1, 2021
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Article by JonJon Wang, section editor
June 7, 2021 • No Comments
In a society where honesty is often interchangeable with naivety, secrecy has become the new norm. Our personalities have become layered constructs: multi-faceted psyches reflecting artificial traits....
Article by Tei Kim, section editor
April 29, 2021 • 9 Comments
We’ve all walked into pet stores and stared at adorable puppies and kittens through the glass. We comment on how cute they are, stare for a few minutes, then leave. However, their evident cuteness comes...
Article by Tei Kim, section editor
April 28, 2021 • No Comments
With ASIJ’s March transition to face-to-face, or traditional, model of learning, there have been mixed responses among the student body. The school’s preparation and care in transitioning back to full-time...
March 31, 2021
What a Chocolate Bar Taught Me
March 14, 2021
The Capitol Riot and the Lessons of History
January 29, 2021
Article by Momo Horii
March 2, 2021 • 2 Comments
Cigarette in hand, buttoned-up navy blazer, teashades pushed way up on the bridge of her nose, with no phone at her side, Fran Lebowitz is a picture of New York literati....
Article by Momo Horii
January 22, 2021 • No Comments
There are those few people in this world who can articulate emotions and a situation so well it’s frightening. Louise Glück—whose name rhymes with “click” and not...
December 7, 2020
Forrest Gump, a 1986 novel by Winston Groom...
Hotspurs on Top and Title Dreams Rise
December 5, 2020
With a short pass from an indirect free kick,...
A Tokyo Bathed in Two Moons and Other Strange Sights: Murakami’s 1Q84
December 1, 2020
1Q84, author Haruki Murakami’s hefty dystopian...
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