The Konbini: A Key to Japanese Culture
March 25, 2022
How is the konbini experience illustrative of Japanese culture? Ryne investigates in this video essay.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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May 30, 2024
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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...
Gaza and the Conversations We Aren’t Having
April 23, 2024
ASIJ saved me. After attending a series of private and religious schools in South Korea, where learning was merely a relentless, rote pursuit of status within a rigid, standardized system, I arrived at...