The awards ceremony for JITCO’s 19th Japanese Essay Contest was held on October 7, 2011, in Tokyo. The contest is held to offer encouragement to technical intern trainees and trainees who are learning Japanese and to allow them to express in their own words the things they have felt during their training period. We received 3,814 entries for this year’s contest.
In the ceremony, technical intern trainees whose essays were chosen after strict examination received certificates of commendation and prize money, and winners of the First Prize recited their essays to the audience. The prizewinning essays will be compiled into a booklet titled “The Award-winning Essays Collection of Japanese essay contest for technical interns and trainees” and sent to relevant organizations. Some of the essays will also be posted on our Website for your reading enjoyment.
The contest will be held again next year. Calls for entries will be made in “Technical Intern Trainees’ Mate,” as well as in the “Kakehashi” journal and on our Website (around February 2012). We look forward to the entry.
Congratulations to the following winners of this year’s contest.
◆First Prize (4 winners)
| CHEN JING | “Believe in Japan’s Strength” | China |
| ERDENEPIL LKHAGVANYAM | “Mother Nature, Mother Earth” | Mongolia |
| ZHAO BAO MIN | “Perseverance Is Beautiful” | China |
| PHAN CHAU TRI | “Glancing Back” | Vietnam |
◆Second Prize (4 winners)
| CHEN YUAN YUAN | “Pursuing My Dream and Hope” | China |
| LI WAN LIN | “Sumimasen” | China |
| BELLEZA RAINGER MILLENA | “Life on a Dairy Farm” | Philippines |
| CHENG SHA SHA | “Spirit of Service” | China |
◆Third Prize (26 winners)
| YANG XUE | “Because I Care” | China |
| HAN XIAO YU | “A Greeting that Flew My Way” | China |
| TRAN THI NGOC VEN | “What I Learned from Okiagari-Koboshi” | Vietnam |
| GALAPATE RAPHAEL BILASARIO | “Bridge” | Philippines |
| ZHOU YI LI | “Okaerinasai” | China |
| IKA ROHAYATI | “I’m Trying My Best; How About You?” | Indonesia |
| WANG CHUAN SHENG | “Bathroom Cleaning” | China |
| HAN WEN | “Japanese People’s Manners and Spirit for Service” | China |
| YUAN LI | “Baton” | China |
| ZHANG WEI | “The Japan that I Have Come to Know” | China |
| ZHANG DI | “My Grandmother’s Kindness and My Future” | China |
| GUO JING | “With an Open Heart” | China |
| SONG YI FENG | “Three Close Sisters” | China |
| WANG JING FANG | “My Treasure” | China |
| GAO JIAN | “Three-year Memory” | China |
| YANG MEI JIAO | “Benefits Other Than Money” | China |
| SUN QIAN | “Designer cum Model” | China |
| WANG XIAO YING | “A Driver’s Words” | China |
| WANG MEI LING | “Feeling of Gratitude” | China |
| REN JIA JIA | “I Believe in Japan” | China |
| REN LI DA | “Ezo Deer Commotion in Hokkaido” | China |
| WANG NING | “A Letter to My Mother” | China |
| SU RI NA | “Impressions of My Training | China |
| HU JIE | “Be a Warm-hearted Person” | China |
| DING JIN XIANG | “The V Sign” | China |
| XIA HONG YU | “A Smile Is a Gift of Life” | China |