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Our executive director, Soka Horii, competed in the national round of the 70th High School Students' Speech Contest for International Understanding and Cooperation, hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the United Nations Association of Japan, and received the NHK President's Award.
The national round, held at the Elizabeth Rose Conference Hall of United Nations University, brought together the representatives of every prefecture.
In its 70th year, the contest drew 301 entries nationwide, and the speakers argued their themes out of their own experience.
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A student organization working on youth participation and civic education, with the mission of giving every teenager the chance to meet a self they have not yet met. Founded in Adachi, Tokyo in 2023; 38 high school and university students from 22 different schools across the Tokyo area take part.
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