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Article by Take Zoot, Marine Savoure, Sejin Yu, Kokoro Igawa, Kai Kurosu, Emi Kawahara, and Selina Drysdale | December 1, 2020
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Article by Sejin Yu, Writer
January 20, 2021 • No Comments
The only successful coup d’etat in the history of the United States occurred 122 years ago. In the city of Wilmington, North Carolina, a progressive southern city at the time, white supremacists used violence to overthrow...
Article by Ryne Hisada
January 18, 2021 • No Comments
With the dominance of COVID in the news, it seems we don’t hear as much about news not related to the pandemic. Here are a few issues that we might be talking about had the virus not spread so rampantly. Many Latin American...
Article by Kokoro Igawa, Writer
December 15, 2020 • No Comments
In the past few election cycles, the United States government as a whole has become increasingly diverse. While it does continue to be disproportionately dominated by white and male politicians, things are slowly changing....
Article by Ren Topping
September 29, 2020 • No Comments
To say that the 2020-2021 school year has been, and will continue to be, different, is an understatement. The COVID-19 crisis has shattered the school routine we once knew and brought on one full of masks, hand sanitizer,...
Article by Espi Littlefield, Writer
January 17, 2021 • No Comments
The excitement of the first lockdown is gone. As Japan and its citizens struggle to settle into the repetitive flow of our second lockdown, a perpetual state of boredom has encompassed the minds of hundreds of ASIJ students....
Article by Ren Topping
December 5, 2020 • No Comments
With a short pass from an indirect free kick, Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Tanguay Ndombele sent an airborne pass directly to his teammate Heung-Min Son’s feet. The South Korean national buried the ball between the goalkeeper's...
Article by Take Zoot, Marine Savoure, Sejin Yu, Kokoro Igawa, Kai Kurosu, Emi Kawahara, and Selina Drysdale
December 1, 2020 • No Comments
We see them every day. They’re an integral part of the ASIJ community, making sure we get to school and return home safely. We know them as our bus drivers, but they are so much more. In honor of staff appreciation month,...
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Article by Ryne Hisada
January 13, 2021
An age-old question: “What are you going to get?” For the average ASIJ high school student, the kiosk is a battleground of choices. To decide what to buy is to determine...
The Art of Last-Minute Homework
December 7, 2020
COVID-19 and Social Life at ASIJ
November 9, 2020
Article by Akika Altman-Chandler
January 7, 2021 • No Comments
Recently, I missed my morning bus. I woke up at 6:48, two minutes too late, bundled together my stuff and hustled out the door of my apartment. I live in Futakotamagawa, so it usually takes around an hour...
Article by Kokoro Igawa, Writer
December 4, 2020 • No Comments
After almost five seemingly never-ending days, on November 7, the result of the 2020 presidential election was announced: Joe Biden will be the 46th President of the United States. Democrats, and many...
Article by Ryne Hisada
November 16, 2020 • No Comments
High school is a center of learning — academic, social, and emotional. Most often, students find themselves exploring ideas and courses that they would not have otherwise entertained, if not for the...
Trump Then and Trump Now: Minimal Difference
November 2, 2020
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Columbus Day: A Celebration of Western Colonialism
October 18, 2020
Article by Anna Armstrong
December 7, 2020 • No Comments
Forrest Gump, a 1986 novel by Winston Groom later adapted into a movie, is a story about a man with a low IQ finding himself in the center of many major historical events....
Article by Ren Topping
December 5, 2020 • No Comments
With a short pass from an indirect free kick, Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Tanguay Ndombele sent an airborne pass directly to his teammate Heung-Min Son’s feet. The South...
A Tokyo Bathed in Two Moons and Other Strange Sights: Murakami’s 1Q84
December 1, 2020
1Q84, author Haruki Murakami’s hefty dystopian...
New Features, Same Old Rivalry: The “Console War“ Between Xbox and Playstation
October 25, 2020
The long awaited “next generation“ for...
April 12, 2020
With distance learning scheduled through...
Who doesn’t love the Kiosk? Ryne offers a tour. #asij #asijHighSchool #花火 #hanabi #studentpublication https://hanabi.asij.ac.jp/student-life/in-praise-of-the-kiosk/
Happy New Year from Hanabi! In our first piece of 2021, Akika tells us how missing the school bus led to an epiphany. #asij #asijHighSchool #花火 #hanabi #studentpublication https://hanabi.asij.ac.jp/opinion/the-richness-of-an-absent-mind/
Kokoro explains how the November election has brought more diversity to American politics. #asij #asijHighSchool #花火 #hanabi #studentpublication https://hanabi.asij.ac.jp/news/diversity-grows-in-the-us-congress/
Looking back at that 1990s classic, Forrest Gump, Anna finds an intriguing story amid its success. #asij #asijHighSchool #花火 #hanabi #studentpublication https://hanabi.asij.ac.jp/arts-entertainment/the-endurance-of-forrest-gump/
JonJon laments wee-hours homework, something we’re sure YOU never do, right? #asij #asijHighSchool #花火 #hanabi #studentpublication https://hanabi.asij.ac.jp/student-life/the-art-of-last-minute-homework/
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