The Japan Foundation, in cooperation with International Education Center and Iki City, Nagasaki Prefecture, hosted the 59th International Speech Contest in Japanese held on May 26, 2018.
12 participants from 11 countries were chosen out of 105 contestants from 27 countries/regions in the preliminary round to participate in the Contest.
The participants made impressive speeches on what they thought and how they felt through their daily lives in Japan and interacted with Japanese people.
The recipients of respective awards are as follows:

Foreign Minister's Award
ハラ　ハティーブさん
(Syria, Meisei Institute of Cybernetics, Japanese language school student)

Education Minister's Award
Kateryna Novytska
(Ukraine, Keio University, University student)

Organizers' Special Award
Jan Hendrik Grigat
(Germany, Tokyo University, University student)

Audience-Judge Award
Rachel Elizabeth Blaine
(United States of America, Iki City Ishida Junior High School, Assistant language teacher)

The Speech videos can be watched on the website of the International Education Center.

Outline

Overview

Date	Saturday, May 26, 2018 Starting time: 1:00 p.m.
Venue	Iki-no-shima Hall Access Iki City, Nagasaki Prefecture

Participants

Previous Contests (in Japanese)

• The list of past contests