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2025 Texas State Japanese Language Speech Contest

  • Rice University | Anderson-Clarke Center 6100 Main street Houston, TX, 77005 United States (map)

The Texas State Japanese Language Speech Contest will be held on Saturday, March 8, 2025.

The goal of the Texas State Japanese Language Speech Contest is to inspire Japanese language learners of all levels and ages to challenge themselves and improve their Japanese by providing an opportunity to demonstrate oral language communication skills. The contest also strives to bring together the Japanese and American communities to advocate for and to celebrate Japanese language learning, and to encourage students to further their understanding of Japan, its people, and its culture.

Registration for the Contest is open until Friday, February 28 at 5:00 PM. Click the button below to register:


Contest details are below:

SCHEDULE

11:30 AM | Registration

12:00 PM | Opening Ceremony

12:20 PM | Competition Part I

  • Division III: Free Speech Aurora

  • Division II: Haiku

<<Break>>

2:10 PM | Competition Part II

  • Division I: Poetry Recitation

  • Division IV: Free Speech College/University

  • Division V: Free Speech OPEN

4:00 PM | Intermission

4:45 PM | Awards Presentation and Closing Ceremony

 


For more information on the format and content of the 2025 Texas State Japanese Language Speech Contest, please review the contest handbook.



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