Maria Zurawska of Poland receives the Foreign Minister’s Prize from Hiroyuki Yamaya, director of the Cultural Affairs and Overseas Public Relations Division and ministerial secretariat of the Foreign Ministry, at the 22nd annual Japanese Speech Contest for Foreign Embassy Officials in Tokyo. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
Byungsik Jung of South Korea, winner of the Education Minister’s Prize, deliver speeches at the competition. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
Jason Hackworth of the United States, winner of the Cultural Affairs Agency Prize, deliver speeches at the competition. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
Eleven participants from 11 embassies and organizations pose for a photo after the competition at Tokyo’s Akasaka Kumin Center on June 22. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
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