On 25th February, the 24th All India Japanese Language Speech Contest was organized by MOSAI (MOMBUSHO Scholars Association of India) in cooperation with the Japanese Association in Delhi, The Japan Foundation, and the Embassy of Japan in India.

This is the national contest in which winners of 4 zonal contests in India take part. The contest is divided into two categories: junior and senior category, according to the learning time of the Japanese language. Twenty-two speakers participated and competed their speech in Japanese.

Around 200 audiences comprising the contestants’ families, friends, Japanese language teachers and students, Japanese residents, etc., gathered in the WWF Auditorium.

Based on the result of the judgments, winners of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd prizes and special prizes by the juries were selected. The top 8 contestants will visit Japan in June under the JENESYS program (except for those winners who have already participated previously).