Abou the international speech contest in Japanese

The International Speech Contest in Japanese is a speech contest for people from around the world who study Japanese. Participants share their own ideas and experiences in Japanese, drawing on their experiences of living in Japan, cultural differences, encounters with people, and what they have felt and learned through the process of learning the language and living in Japanese society.

Through their own voices and experiences, the speakers offer us an opportunity to see Japan and the world from different perspectives and deepen our understanding of one another.

The contest has been held annually since 1960, making it one of the longest-running Japanese-language speech contests in Japan. The event has been organized by the International Education Center, which operates the Nichibei Kaiwa Gakuin Japanese Language Institute, since its establishment.