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2015 Japan Cup (Japanese Language Competition) (April/11/2015)
The Japan America Society of Colorado hosted its 2015 Japan Cup competition at the University of Denver on Saturday, April 11, 2015. In the award ceremony, Consul General Ito congratulated every team on their hard work and presented the winning team from each level with a trophy. Deputy Consul General Yamaguchi served as one of judges in the final rounds.
In the Japan Cup, there are four levels according to ability and each team consists of three students who have studied Japanese in high school and college. They compete against each other by answering questions about Japan and Japanese language.
A total of 130 students registered for this year's competition, which is the highest number of participants in its history. The 12 teams (3 teams from each level) that won the preliminary rounds in the morning proceeded on to the final rounds in the afternoon. Each student on every team passionately displayed their knowledge, making for an intense competition.