Article by Mayuko Kawase, Writer
January 9, 2025
When the winter season is in action, Christmas fills the minds of many: lighted driveways, decorated trees, and Christmas dinners with family and friends. There is an undeniable joy in the air. Holidays...
Article by Nadja Petreski, Writer
January 9, 2025
Why do we feel compelled to terrify ourselves with haunted houses, horror films, and ghost stories? Well, fear has always been an intrinsic part of the human experience; scary tales are essential to our...
Article by Sarah Higashio Gocsei, Writer
January 8, 2025
Imagine a city where taking public transportation rather than your car is not just an eco-friendly choice but also an economical one. Montpellier, a bustling city in southern France, has made this a reality...
Article by Sophie Lee, Writer
January 7, 2025
Imagine this scenario: your friend wants to borrow your favorite sweater. You understand the risk of the sweater getting stained or lost. However, your friend's overall happiness outweighs the potential...
Article by Lysandre Stone-Bourgeois, Writer
December 10, 2024
The ASIJ Varsity Basketball team has had an ambitious season under Coach Ryan Naughton. With a strong focus on personal growth, team chemistry, and competitiveness, this year's Boys Mustang Basketball...
Spillin’ The Tea on Cliques at ASIJ
December 4, 2024
Spillin' The Tea is a Hanabi column that takes a casual perspective on submissions from the ASIJ Community. The 2024-25 writers are Koyo Odagari (10), Carolin Holjo (11), and Shivaan Kothari (11). This...
How the South Rewrote its History After the Civil War
November 18, 2024
"The spirit of secession is stronger today than ever," warned Frederick Douglass, the formerly enslaved activist and leader in the abolitionist movement, in 1871. Douglass foreshadowed the resilience of...
The Rise of Global Tensions – How Close are we to War? (Part 4: Africa)
November 11, 2024
It's 2024, and global tensions are at their highest levels since World War 2. European countries are ramping up arms production, extremism in the Middle East is expanding, and in Asia, militaries are expanding...
Article by Noah Kanda, Writer
October 18, 2024
It's 2024, and global tensions are at their highest levels since World War 2. European countries are ramping up arms production, extremism in the Middle East is expanding, and in Asia, militaries are expanding...
Article by Lysandre Stone-Bourgeois, Jackson Bomongcag, and Ian Zacharias
October 18, 2024
Cross Country may seem simple. Fifty to two hundred individuals on a trail, racing anywhere from five to ten kilometers, aiming for the fastest time to win the race. However, behind the scenes exists a...
Article by Elizabeth Rexrode, Writer
September 11, 2024
Carpal tunnel syndrome. Tendonitis. Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI). These are the worst nightmares for a guitarist or bassist, whose work requires a great deal of repetitive finger movements and wrist...
Article by Lily Stone-Bourgeois, Editor-in-chief
May 30, 2024
This article is a second part to an earlier essay on anti-intellectualism. Read the first part here. In his seminal book, Anti-intellectualism in American Life, Richard Hofstadter proposes that anti-intellectualism...
Article by Hana Ando, Writer
May 30, 2024
The field of genetic science has been rapidly evolving in recent years, leading to developments that were once thought impossible. One of the most significant advancements has been gene editing, the modification...
Senior Trek is Tomorrow. Watch This Before You Go.
May 30, 2024
The Rise of Global Tensions – How Close are we to War? (Part 2: Asia)
May 17, 2024
It’s 2024, and global tensions are at their highest level since World War II. European countries are ramping up arms production, extremism around the world is rising, and in Asia, militaries are expanding...
Delegates Look to Innovative, International Solutions at ASIJMUN IV
April 25, 2024
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...