Consul-General Dr. FUKAHORI’s attendance to the 33rd West Zone Japanese Language Speech Contest

2022/3/8
On 5th March, the Consulate-General of Japan in Mumbai and the Indo-Japanese Association Pune held the 33rd West Zone Japanese Language Speech Contest. 
  
Students of Japanese Language from the West Zone of India participated in this speech contest which was held across 2 levels – Junior and Senior. The participants showed the results of their practice and the judges praised them for their efforts. 
  
The judges for this Speech Contest were Consul-General Dr. FUKAHORI, Mr. TAKADO – Principal of the Mumbai Japanese School, and Mr. KITAHARA – President, Japanese Association Pune. The judges were very impressed by the participants’ speeches and said that the speeches were so good that there was very little difference between the marks of the winners and the other participants. The judges also gave the participants valuable advice for future speeches. 


The winners of the West Zone Japanese Language Speech Contest will participate in the All India Japanese Language Speech Contest held in Delhi.



The Judges Panel (From the right, Ms. Vaijayanti Abhyankar – Japanese Language Teacher, Indo-Japanese Association Pune; Mr. AKAI – Teacher, Mumbai Japanese School; Mr. NAKAMOTO – Teacher, Mumbai Japanese School; (Mr. AKAI and Mr. NAKAMOTO were the Q & A judges) Consul-General Dr. FUKAHORI, Mr. TAKADO – Principal, Mumbai Japanese School; Mr. KITAHARA – President, Japanese Association Pune; Mr. Kuroda – Japan Foundation (Organiser of the West Zone JLSC) )


Consul-General Dr. FUKAHORI's Speech


Speech by the contestants


Consul-General Dr. FUKAHORI giving advice to the students 


Presentation of trophy to the winner of the Senior Level


The judges with the participants (in the back row)