For anyone who keeps asking.
TEIGEN JP, which turns two this June, runs the Mock Ward Mayoral Election, outreach classes in elementary, middle and high schools in partnership with government, and entries in outside competitions.
For 2025, under the banner "acceleration", we are recruiting the third cohort of Questioners.
Members get help with training costs, members-only presentation and email training, support for entering competitions, NewsPicks premium membership and more.
Read the outline and the details, and apply.
For
Students entering their third year of middle school through their third year of high school
Schedule
Applications: Saturday 24 May to Friday 20 June 2025
Application form and details
See the "third cohort" highlight.
All of us here are looking forward to running the year with you.
TEIGEN JP, recruitment team
Email: 15old.teigen@gmail.com
Full application details are on our website and in our stories.
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A student organization working on civic education and teenage participation in public life, driven by the gap in who gets opportunities. Our mission: every teenager should get to meet the person they have not yet become. Around forty high school and university students from Tokyo and the three neighbouring prefectures run it. Our programs include the Mock Ward Mayoral Election — held in the ward office and the assembly chamber, taking participants from drafting policy through candidacy to the count — and Osouji-tai, which builds a sense of ownership over shared space through cleaning. More than 1,000 people have now learned how democracy feels from the inside.
For the press: contact@teigenjp.org(please put [PRESS] in the subject line) Press contact and fact sheet
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