International Essay Contest for Young People
2024 International Essay Contest for Young People
RESULTS
RESULTS
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2024 International Essay Contest for Young People.
This year the Essay Contest was held under the theme “My Experience of Overcoming Conflict.” From among 15,744 entries (Children’s category: 5,511 / Youth category: 10,233) from 152 countries, the following winners were selected. We take this opportunity to thank all of you who participated in the contest!
Each first prize winner will receive a certificate of commendation from the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan, and a gift. Certificates and gifts for other prizes will be mailed to the winners in January 2025.
Congratulatory Message from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan
Theme
“My Experience of Overcoming Conflict”
Conflicts occur for a variety of reasons, including differences in opinions and values. Have you ever had an experience of overcoming a conflict that you were involved in? What did you learn from that experience? How do you want to make use of what you learned, for your own life and for society?
List of Winners
(All ages are as of June 15, 2024.)
1st Prize (Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan Award)
Children's category (1 entrant)
Youth category (1 entrant)
2nd Prize
Children's category (3 entrants)
- Heartbroken
Lee Kaia (Age 11, Singapore) - Accepting the Ideas of Others
Mana Sonobe (Age 13, Japan) - My Mistake and My Realization
Rihito Kobayashi (Age 13, Japan)
Youth category (3 entrants)
- Under the Firmament of Orchid Island
Anonymous (Living in Japan) - The Rainbow After The Storm
Kiều Gia Bảo (Age 20, Vietnam) - Story of an Afghan girl who succeeded
Jamila Hussaini (Age 22, Afghanistan <Living in U.S.A.>)
3rd Prize
Children's category (5 entrants)
- Survived the Troubled Waters
Mark Walton (Age 10, Indonesia) - A Brief Moral Lesson for Two
Shugo Obukuro (Age 11, Japan) - Making Space in Our Opinions
Nana Otsuka (Age 13, Japan) - Headphones
Rina Matsuo (Age 13, Japan) - Invisible Battles
Jasmine Chong Man Yan (Age 14, Malaysia)
Youth category (5 entrants)
- How Death Inspires Me to Live
Challene Harijanto (Age 15, Indonesia) - A Conflict in Choices and Values
Kaori Kitamura (Age 18, Japan) - Choosing Love
Naa Amanuah Ackwerh (Age 18, Ghana) - Stopping the Blood on the Field and at the Riverside.
Boluwatife Holiness Alagbe (Age 21, Nigeria) - Let’s Heal
Tamale Enock (Age 23, Uganda)
Honorable Mention
Children's category (22 entrants)
- Iyah Zakaria (Age 8, Canada)
- Devyani Chauhan (Age 9, India)
- Varsini Valsala (Age 9, Japan)
- Yurina Yokozuka (Age 11, Japan)
- Aoba Miura (Age 13, Japan)
- Ayasa Yamamoto (Age 13, Japan)
- Azu Shibata (Age 13, Japan)
- Jasir Žiško (Age 13, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Joelle Fong (Age 13, Japan)
- Kaito Tonegawa (Age 13, Japan)
- Hana Manabe (Age 13, Japan)
- Lamija Esma Galešić (Age 13, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Najiba Islam (Age 13, Bangladesh)
- Nowa Ishida (Age 13, Japan)
- Trần Trúc Ngân (Age 13, Vietnam)
- Yui Furuichi (Age 13, Japan)
- Dani Patković (Age 14, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Iloegbunam Akachukwu Chinemerem Emmanuel (Age 14, Nigeria)
- Noa Murashita (Age 14, Japan)
- Shazma Sabry (Age 14, Sri Lanka)
- Yuran Cho (Age 14, China <Living in Japan>)
- Hagumi Takahashi (Age 15, Japan)
Youth category (25 entrants)
- Armaan Tafti (Age 15, India)
- Awaiza Noman (Age 15, Pakistan)
- Butimbayev Emir (Age 15, Kazakhstan)
- Isimbi Kundwa Gabriella (Age 15, Rwanda)
- Yui Nitta (Age 15, Japan)
- Abd Elrahman Mohamed Adel (Age 16, Egypt)
- Hina Tanaka (Age 16, Japan)
- Lisa Ribas Sato (Age 16, Brazil)
- Marianna Kalina (Age 16, Argentina)
- Ogbeide Joyce (Age 16, Nigeria)
- Alina María Jovine Montero (Age 17, Dominican Republic)
- Dhiviyan A/L V. Chandrasekaran (Age 17, Malaysia)
- Hindoli Roy (Age 17, India)
- Akari Yamauchi (Age 18, Japan)
- Danny Raúl Arroba Buenaño (Age 18, Ecuador)
- Elijah David Uma (Age 18, Nigeria)
- Khairat Jimoh (Age 19, Nigeria)
- Zujajah Shaikh (Age 19, Japan)
- Heitor Gabriel Barroso Reis (Age 20, Brazil)
- Maria Eduarda Chagas Viana Cruz (Age 20, Brazil)
- Sang Vannai (Age 20, Cambodia)
- Minami Ide (Age 21, Japan)
- Laura Ferreira Ramos (Age 23, Dominican Republic)
- Uduak Udoudo Ukpong (Age 23, Nigeria)
- Ukachukwu Emmanuel (Age 25, Nigeria)
Best School Award (5 schools)
- Kyoto University of Advanced Science Junior & Senior High School (Japan)
- Omori 6th Junior High School of Ota City, Tokyo (Japan)
- Setagaya Junior High School attached to Tokyo Gakugei University (Japan)
- Suma Gakuen Junior High School, Hyogo (Japan)
- Tokyo Metropolitan Oizumi Junior High School (Japan)
School Incentive Award (16 schools)
- Beaconhouse Sri Inai International School, Selangor (Malaysia)
- Fukushima Prefectural Asakakaisei Senior High School (Japan)
- Kagoshima Gyokuryu Junior & Senior High School of Kagoshima City (Japan)
- Koka Gakuen Junior and Senior High School for Girls, Tokyo (Japan)
- Matsumoto Shuho Secondary School, Nagano (Japan)
- Motherland Secondary School, Pokhara Lekhnath (Nepal)
- Pavia National High School - Special Program in Journalism (SPJ), Iloilo City (Philippines)
- SAILAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, Gampaha (Sri Lanka)
- Satriwithaya School, Bangkok (Thailand)
- Showa Women's University Junior-Senior High School, Tokyo (Japan)
- SMJK Chio Min, Kedah (Malaysia)
- SMK SRI NIPAH, KELANTAN (Malaysia)
- St. Joseph Convent School Quetta (Pakistan)
- Toyo University Keihoku Junior and Senior High School, Tokyo (Japan)
- Universiti Sains Malaysia (Malaysia)
- Yamanouchi Junior High School of Yamanouchi Town, Nagano (Japan)