The 2018 Area 54 Speech Contest (in Japanese and English) was held at Yashima Gakuen University on Sunday, March 18th. There were 6 contestants in the Japanese competition and 6 contestants in the English competition. These speakers represented the 4 Toastmasters Clubs in Yokohama, Kanagawa.
The winner of the English competition was TM Y.A. from Minato-Mirai Toastmasters Club, whose speech was entitled, “Listen to Your Heart”. Another member of Minato-Mirai Toastmasters Club, TM Y.T, won third place with his speech entitled “It's Okay to Quit”.
TM Y.A. will proceed to the Division Contest held at
Kawasaki Lifelong Learning Plaza on Sunday, April 15th, 2018.
Everyone enjoyed listening to the deeply personal stories of these speeches that talked about overcoming challenges in work situations. We learned a lot!
