2021/12/7

The 39th All-Japan Students Portuguese Speech Contest was held at KUFS on Saturday, November 20th. 15 students (including 3 KUFS students) from 8 universities across Japan passionately spoke about the topic of their choice in front of 3 judges including embassy officials.

Yua Tashiro, 2nd-year student of the Department of Brazilian and Portuguese Studies, gave a speech about the things that help her mature as a person. Her speech won the hearts of the judges, and she was awarded the Honorary Consul of Portugal in Kobe Award.

The results are as follows.

Ambassador of Portugal to Japan Prize
Haruna Kato（Kanda University of International Studies）
Title: Which is more important? What your heart says or the rules of society

Chancellor of the Kyoto University of Foreign Studies Prize
Kaho Ando（Doshisha University）
Title: In order to truly say the word “Welcome”

Honorary Consul of Portugal in Kyoto Award
Shinano Hashimoto（Tenri University）
Title: The challenges of young international students in schools

Honorary Consul of Portugal in Kobe Award
Yua Tashiro（Kyoto University of Foreign Studies）
Title: The things that make me mature

Honorary Consul of Portugal in Osaka Award
Fuka Watanabe（Kanda University of International Studies）
Title: A flower that blooms on a stony road

Kyoto Shimbun Award
Noriko Kawaguchi（Tenri University）
Title: My thoughts on LGBT

Associação Cultural Latino-Americana de Kyoto Award
Yuka Kobayashi（Kanda University of International Studies）
Title: Delicious crepes

Consul General of Brazil in Nagoya Special Award
Kaho Ando（Doshisha University）
Title: In order to truly say the word “Welcome”

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