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From http://www.japanbowl.org/join-the-25th-national-japan-bowl/

The 2017 National Japan Bowl will be held Thursday-Friday, April 6-7, 2017 at the National 4-H Conference Center in Chevy Chase, Maryland. The Sakura Matsuri, the nation’s largest one-day Japanese cultural event, will be held on Saturday, April 8, 2017, the day after the National Japan Bowl.

The Japan Bowl is a Japanese language competition created by the Japan-America Society of Washington DC in 1992. The Japan Bowl tests the achievements of Japanese learners throughout the US and other countries. The Japan Bowl in the United States focuses on high school students.

The Japan Bowl is not an exam; it uses a “quiz bowl” format. Students hear – and don’t read — the questions. They are given a timeframe, usually 30 seconds, within which to respond. The questions are asked in both Japanese and English and answered in a variety of ways.

For full details about how your students can participate, go to http://www.japanbowl.org/join-the-25th-national-japan-bowl/