Competition for high school students who learn Japanese in the US Held online due to the influence of the new corona 14:17 on May 30
A high school student studying Japanese in the US competed in a quiz format for knowledge about Japan, and this was the first time it was held on the Internet due to the new coronavirus.
This competition is held every spring in the capital, Washington, in the "Japan Bowl" where high school students studying Japanese in the United States compete for a wide range of knowledge about Japanese culture and history. For the first time with the influence was done on the Internet.
170 students from 29 high schools across the United States took part in the challenge of answering questions about which city in Japan and which prefecture they are in, based on the pictures displayed on the internet.
In addition, in the problem of writing sentences using idioms, "I doubt my ears" was asked, and the students "I doubted my ears when I heard that the school would be closed due to the coronavirus" in fluent Japanese. When I answered, a Japanese judge said "wonderful."
In the United States, there are not a few people who start learning Japanese because of Japanese animation and games, and according to the Japan Foundation, it is estimated that there are 166,000 people who study Japanese in the United States in total. is.
Every year, the winning students will receive a trip to Japan as a prize, but this is due to the influence of the new coronavirus, and the details such as travel dates have not been decided yet.