The annual High School Japanese Speech Contest was held in conjunction with the Japan-America Society of Pennsylvania in the William Pitt Union on Friday, March 2.
This year's contest brought together 52 students from eight high schools to present speeches and posters in Japanese. The contest included a full day of Japanese activities and games for the participants, including a kendo demonstration by Shusuke Kawakubo and Joshua Patishnock. Tomofuki Horiki, Cultural Attaché from the Consul General of Japan in New York, presented the grand prize of an electronic dictionary to Jacob Joseph Herrup, a 12th grade student at Pittsburgh Allderdice High School. Dr. Joseph Alter, the director of the Asian Studies Center, congratulated the winners and encouraged students to continue their language studies.
