Aoba hosts the Japanese Speech Contest For Foreign Diplomats 2021! 8 November 2021

The 24th Japanese Speech Contest for Foreign Diplomats 2021 was held on November 3, 2021.

Thank you to all the contestants from various Embassies. The contest was a huge success. Each contestant presented their speeches in Japanese, and awards were given to 5 contestants. Thank you, and congratulations!

Foreign Minister Award	The Republic of Armenia	Dr. Sargis SHIRKHANYAN
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award	Australia	Mr.Tom Wilson
Agency for Cultural Affairs Commissioner’s Award	Canada	Ms. Lisa Mallin
Judge’s Special Award	The Kingdom of the Netherlands	Mr. Theo Peters
Judge’s Special Award	The United States of America	Mr. Strader Payton

Aoba organized the Committee for the contest, and also co-hosted the event with the Foreign Embassies Friendship Association. Sponsors included the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports and Technology, Ministry for Cultural Affairs, Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Minato Ward, NHK, Foreign Embassies, etc.

The contest will be broadcasted on JCOM TV as shown below;

【Name of TV show】

ジモト応援！東京つながるNews　～中野・杉並・港新宿～

【The topic of TV show】ジモト応援！生活支援情報番組　地元のみなさんに役立つ情報を発信

https://c.myjcom.jp/jch/east_01/regular/tsunagarunews_tokyo_nakanosuginami_minatoshinjuku.html

Twitter

https://twitter.com/jcomcminato

【On Air】

First broad cast：Nov 8th Mon 18:00～

Re-air : Nov 8th Mon 20:30～/22:30～, Nov 9th Tue 11:00～

【Channel】

Digital terrestrial broadcasting１１Ch（JCOM Cable Area : Nakano, Suginami, Minato, Shinjuku area)