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The Student News Site of The American School in Japan

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The Student News Site of The American School in Japan

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How Netflix is Reshaping Streaming

How Netflix is Reshaping Streaming

Article by Sarah Higashio Gocsei, Writer February 9, 2026

You likely use at least one streaming service, such as Netflix, HBO Max, Hulu, or Disney+. At first glance, the streaming landscape appears crowded with choices. In reality, however, most major streaming...

Venezuelan President Captured in His Residence

Venezuelan President Captured in His Residence

Article by Derrick Ma, Writer February 1, 2026

On January 2nd, 2026, Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were seized in their own country by US military forces to face prosecution charges from the Department of Justice,...

ADRE, CHAD - APRIL 22: Refugees, mostly women and children, wait for a WFP food distribution point to open at a temporary camp on April 22, 2024 in Adre, Chad. Since the beginning of the recent conflict between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the the Sudanese Armed Forces, (SAF), which began in March 2023, over 600,000 new refugees have crossed the border from Darfur in Sudan, into Chad. The total number of refugees, including those from previous conflicts, now stands at 1.2 million. Aid agencies, including The World Food Programme, (WFP), Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, (UNHCR), already struggling with accute supply shortages, have warned that the life-saving programmes in Chad, will ‘grind to a halt in a matter of weeks without urgent funding’. Chad is now home to one of the largest and fastest-growing refugee populations in Africa. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Sudan’s Crisis: The Forgotten War

Article by Emma Matsudaira, Writer November 20, 2025

As global fixation shifts from the latest political election to controversial celebrity scandals, Sudan’s crisis remains largely out of view. The social media news cycle moves at lightning speed—a...

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