Speeches by Students
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Speeches by Japanese College Students
2004
- Say, "Help Me." by Ai Miyagawa, Aoyama Gakuin University ESS
Winner of the 2004 Amano Trophy and Hosei University President's Cup, and third prize at the 2004 JUEL Cup. HTML PDF
- Gives You a Better Smile by Sayaka Tsuruda, Nara Women's University ESS
Winner of the 2004 Neeshima Trophy and Kobe KIEF Cup HTML PDF
2003
- It is rare for a speech based on a personal example to be significant enough to impress the judges. In 2003, there were two such speeches, and they were very similar in that they both involved the death of a family member in a traffic accident. Because of these similarities, I have grouped them together so that you can compare them.
- Of Hunger, Rainforests and Children by Kanako Fujiwara, University of the Sacred Heart ESS
Winner of the 2003 Sacred Heart President's Cup HTML PDF
- Unconscious Discrimination by Shuhei Iida, Kwansei Gakuin University ESS
3rd place at the 2003 Kaneko Trophy HTML PDF
- Entitled to Special Care and Assistance by Kanae Meguro, Keio University ESS
Winner of the 2003 KESSA Cup HTML PDF
- Indifferent Youth, Be Ambitious by Rie Nomura, Kwansei Gakuin University ESS
Second place at the 2003 Suekawa Trophy HTML PDF
2001
2000
- Birds That Forget to Sing by Ayako Minami, Keio University ESS
Winner of the 2000 Fukuzawa Trophy HTML PDF
- The Dead End by Emi Otsuka, Keio University ESS
Winner of the 2000 Kaneko Trophy HTML PDF
- The Road to the Future by Kohki Sakata, Waseda University ESS
Winner of the 2000 Suekawa Trophy and Araki Cup HTML PDF
- Which Is Better, Simple or Complex Calculation? by Yusuke Tsubone, Keio University ESS
Winner of the 2000 Okuma Trophy HTML PDF
1999
1998
1997
1993
1992
- Japan's Forsaken People by Miki Fukasawa, Keio University ESS
Third place at the 1992 Fukuzawa Trophy HTML PDF- The Invisible Guns by Akiko Moriyama, Waseda University ESS
Second place at the 1992 Okuma Trophy HTML PDF- The Blue Bird by Hyoe Nakagiri, Keio University ESS
Winner of the 1992 Fukuzawa Trophy and Okuma Trophy HTML PDF
1991
- Nothing to Gain by Kyoko Akakura, University of the Sacred Heart ESS
Second place at the 1991 Amano Trophy HTML PDF
- Nightingale in Trouble by Yuko Morishita, Keio University ESS
Winner of the 1991 JUEL Cup HTML PDF
- The Tools and the Job by Yuko Morishita, Keio University ESS
Winner of the 1991 Fukuzawa Trophy HTML PDF
- The Misinterpreted Foundation by Hyoe Nakagiri, Keio University ESS
Winner of the 1991 Amano Trophy HTML PDF
1990
- A Thinking Reed by Fumi Imai, Keio University ESS
Winner of the 1990 Kaneko Trophy HTML PDF
- Protection Through Strictness by Fumi Imai, Keio University ESS
Winner of the 1990 JUEL Cup HTML PDF
- Human Vending Machine by Yuri Maeda, University of the Sacred Heart ESS
Second place at the 1990 Kaneko Cup HTML PDF
- Society of Yin-Yang by Mayuko Toho, Waseda University ESS
Winner of the 1990 Okuma Trophy HTML PDF
- The Safe and Right Place to Be by Mayuko Toho, Waseda University ESS
Winner of the 1990 Amano Trophy HTML PDF
Some background is needed for this next speech. Although it won the Fukuzawa Trophy in 1990, the entire speech was based on a false premise. See if you can find the problem. I will put the answer at the end of the speech itself.
- An Action as Precious as Our Lives by Koichiro Taniyama, Waseda University ESA
Winner of the 1990 Fukuzawa Trophy HTML PDF
1989
- A Heartfelt Gift by Eiko Hiramatsu, Japan Women's University ESS
Winner of the 1989 Ohki Cup HTML PDF
- Who Is To Blame? by Eiko Hiramatsu, Japan Women's University ESS
Second place at the 1989 Okuma Trophy HTML PDF
- Of Cabbages and Japanese by Yuki Ihara, Kwansei Gakuin University ESS
Winner of the 1989 Kaneko Trophy HTML PDF
- My Country 'Tis of Thee by Chikara Nagano, Keio University ESS
Winner of the 1989 Fukuzawa Trophy HTML PDF
- Precious but Fragile by Yuji Osawa, Waseda University ESS
Winner of the 1989 JUEL Cup HTML PDF
- Wave by Yuji Osawa, Waseda University ESS
Winner of the 1989 Amano Trophy HTML PDF
- The Tree and a Boy by Ayumu Oshima, Keio University ESS
Winner of the 1989 Mainichi Trophy HTML PDF
- Master or Servant by Ayumu Oshima, Keio University ESS
Winner of the 1989 Okuma Trophy HTML PDF
1988
- The Temptation by Azumi Kuroiwa, Keio University ESS
Winner of the 1988 Fukuzawa Trophy HTML PDF
- The Left Hand of Darkness by Chikara Nagano, Keio University ESS
Winner of the 1988 Kaneko Trophy HTML PDF
- Double Trouble by Kaoru Nakayama, Keio University ESS
Winner of the 1988 Amano Trophy HTML PDF
- There Are No Foreigners by Koji Ohno, Kwansei Gakuin University ESS
Winner of the 1988 Okuma Trophy HTML PDF
- SOS Japan by Yuji Osawa, Waseda University ESS
Second place at the 1988 Fukuzawa Trophy HTML PDF
- Safe Way Back by Ayumu Oshima, Keio University ESS
Winner of the 1989 Jodai Cup (1988 school year) HTML PDF
1987
- Are Bananas Really Yellow? by Akihiko Kakegawa, Waseda University ESA
Winner of the 1987 Okuma Trophy and Waseda Cup HTML PDF
- Violence of the Majority by Kyoju Koh, Keio University ESS
Winner of the 1987 Garrot Trophy HTML PDF
- August 6th 1995 by Shota Masuda, Keio University ESS
Third place at the 1987 Fukuzawa Trophy HTML PDF
- In Our Town by Shohei Sakazaki, Waseda University ESS
Winner of the 1987 Fukuzawa Trophy HTML PDF
1986
- Give Me a Call by Mitsuru Honma, Keio University ESS
Third place at the 1986 Fukuzawa Trophy HTML PDF- We Shall Overcome by Mitsuru Honma, Keio University ESS
Winner of the 1986 Mayor of Honolulu Trophy HTML PDF- In a Different Light by Makoto Ito, Kyoto University ESS
Winner of the 1986 Fukuzawa Trophy HTML PDF- Skate the Full Length of the Rink by Kaoru Kurachi, Japan Women's University ESS
Winner of the 1986 Okuma Trophy HTML PDF- A Nation Blind to the Past by Yoshitaka Saeki, Waseda University ESA
Winner of the 1986 JUEL Cup HTML PDF- A Matter of Mutual Understanding by Ken Takehisa, Hitotsubashi University IS
Winner of the 1986 President Hatoyama Trophy HTML PDF
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