On Saturday, February 24, the Consulate General of Japan in Detroit hosted the 2018 Michigan Japanese Language Speech Contest at the Novi Civic Center.
Seven Michigan high school students and 11 university students, all non-native speakers of Japanese, competed for prizes by presenting original speeches in Japanese.
Dr. Anne Hooghart of Suzuki-Myers served on the panel of judges again this year, by invitation of the Japan-America Society of Michigan and Southwestern Ontario.