Academics
Stanford E-Entrepreneurship Japan
Published rationale paper on Kami, a decomposable banana fibre pad start-up tackling period poverty, Chosen to lead student-led workshop by vote.
Brain Bowl
Achieved one first place and two second place titles in Kanto Plains Regional Competition of 10 schools; Earned Individual Recognition in the International History Bee & Bowl Japan.
Extended Essay in History
To what extent does Lord Mountbatten hold responsibility for the outbreak of religious violence in the 1947 India-Pakistan Partition?
IB History HL Internal Assessment
How significant was L.B. Johnson's meeting with Abba Eban in Israel's decision to attack the UAR on June 5 1967?
Yale FPI Essay Competition
Stagnant Wages and a Shrinking Workforce: Reinvigorating Japan Through Strategic Immigration and Trade
Book Recommendations and more:)
I read mostly non-fiction but there are some works of fiction that I prize.
Books: Metabolical; Why We Sleep; How to Talk to Anyone; A Thousand Splendid Suns; Six-Day War; The Indian Summer; Babel; Remembering the Kanji; Maoism: A Global History; Education Reform in Japan; Freakonomics; Resolute Japan: The Leaders Forging a Corporate Resurgance.
Shows/Movies: Dr. House; Dr. Stone; Alice in Borderland; Black Panther.
Podcasts: The Ezra Klein Show; The “Singaporean Model” by The Good Fight.
YouTube: TEDxYouth@Tokyo; An Introduction to Austrian School Economics; The End of China's Rise and the Future of World Order; Lena Situations; Ali Abdaal; NYT Cooking.
Websites: World Table Tennis; JSTOR’s treasures; Investopedia; The Wall Street Journal.