Photo by Jenn LeBlanc • jkerriga@mscd.edu Joyce Nakata Kim of the band Taiko With Toni and Friends beats a Japanese taiko drum at a performance on Oct. 24 in the Tivoli. The performance was part of Metro’s Honors Program and Think Tank’s 9th annual honors conference. This year’s conference theme was titled “China and Japan: a changing balance of power.”

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