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Testing Ourselves: Three ISAK Students at the NASA Space Apps Challenge

February 2, 2026

Leadership Alumni Changemakers

Building a movement of peace: a conversation with Miki Kawamura, Class of 2025

January 28, 2026

Leadership Changemakers

How one student turned deforestation into a forest of hope

November 7, 2025

Leadership Alumni Changemakers

Bringing It Back Home: Karma’s Vision for Nepal’s Future

September 30, 2025

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INP Helps Students See the World From a Different Perspective

August 5, 2013

Is GMO Food The Solution for Hunger?

August 4, 2013

ISAK Summer School Session 2

August 2, 2013

Mathematical Inquiry: Looking at Games from a Math Perspective

July 29, 2013

Participants in ISAK Summer School 2013

July 28, 2013

Country Presentations Begin at Summer School

July 26, 2013

Learning About True Leadership

July 25, 2013

Founding Head of School Arrives in Japan!

July 24, 2013

Made from Scratch. Made from Love.

June 28, 2013

ISAK Becomes a Candidate for the IB Diploma Programme

June 26, 2013

Wood Deck Added Off Main School Building

June 13, 2013

Administrative Office and Cafeteria Now Complete

June 11, 2013

Chair of the Board, Lin Kobayashi, Visits Myanmar

June 6, 2013

Lin Kobayashi Selected for “Changemakers of the Year” Award

May 30, 2013

Final Week of Construction for the ISAK Campus

May 23, 2013

ISAK Dormitory Nearly Complete!

May 2, 2013

Opinion Article by Lin Kobayashi in the Asahi Shimbun

April 29, 2013

ISAK Applies for IB Candidacy

April 16, 2013

What is Design Thinking?

April 8, 2013

ISAK Administrative Team Visits Japan

April 4, 2013

The Gymnasium is Now Complete!

April 1, 2013

A Moment of Silence on 3/11

March 10, 2013

Solar Panels Added to Gymnasium Roof

March 10, 2013

ISAK Joins Crowdfunding System for Scholarship Donations

February 6, 2013