THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED (3/10/2020).
The Japan-America Society of Central Ohio (JASCO) and the Japanese Student Organization (JSO) are pleased to announce the finals for the 2020 Japanese Speech Contest will be held on Saturday, March 14, 2020 at the Dublin Integrated Education Center (6805 Bobcat Way, Dublin, OH 43017). There will be finalists from high schools and universities from across the state will perform their speeches in front of four judges as well an audience of friends, family, and peers.
Applications and speeches must by received by the JASCO office no later than Friday, February 7, 2020.
Come and see the next generation of Japanese language learners! Finalists will be judged based on speech content, language ability, delivery, and memorization and maintaining the time limit. The contest is also sponsored by the Institute for Japanese Studies (OSU), Central Ohio Japanese Association of Commerce (COJAC), the Consulate General of Japan in Detroit, and the Japan Foundation (Los Angeles) and the Institute for Japanese Studies.
For more information, please contact JASCO at jasco@us-japan.org or go to the website
