A powerful speech about gender issues brought Kokoa Unno the top prize at the 74th H.I.H. Prince Takamado Trophy All Japan Inter-Middle School English Oratorical Contest in Tokyo on Friday.
Twenty-six finalists in the nationwide contest took the stage at Yurakucho Yomiuri Hall in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo.
Unno, a third-year student at Shizuoka Middle School Attached to the Shizuoka University in Shizuoka Prefecture, also earned the World Family Award.
