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Our executive director, Soka Horii, competed in the Tokyo round of the 70th High School Students' Speech Contest for International Understanding and Cooperation, hosted by the United Nations Association of Japan, and received the Special Prize.
Twenty speakers who had come through the written selection competed in the Tokyo round at JICA Global Plaza.
Horii took the first theme — what young people are doing toward the SDGs as youth leaders — and gave a speech titled "Be Brave Little One!".
Next month they go on to the national round as Tokyo's representative, alongside the representatives of every other prefecture.
A student organization tackling the gap in opportunities for teenagers through hands-on 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. First Prize at the 1st National High School Policy Championship, the NHK President's Award at the 70th High School Students' Speech Contest, and a policy proposal to the then Prime Minister at his office (all 2023). The Mock Ward Mayoral Election has been held three times in Adachi, co-hosted with the Adachi Election Administration Commission in 2025 and 2026.
"15-sai no Teigen" in this article is the name TEIGEN JP used until May 2024 (name change notice).
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