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The 3rd “Kyoto Literature Award” is open!

Requirement is a novel that deals with Kyoto.

There are three categories for Award such as” General”, “Junior High School and High School Students” and “Overseas,” and applicants can either be professionals or amateurs.

We call for entries from all over Japan and the world.

In the 2nd time, the entries in the ”Overseas” category won the highest award in the ”General” category beyond the category.

The due date is September 13th.

Please refer to the website and the application guidelines for details.

Website (Japanese)

Call for Entries and Application Guidelines (English)

On the occasion of Japan hosting the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, we would like to welcome you to this virtual event celebrating the friendship and people-to-people exchanges between Japan and Canada through sport! With the support of many organizations including local Japanese cultural groups, this website features a ton of information and interactive content, including videos and details about Japanese host towns. We hope this site deepens the relations between our two nations.

https://www.ca.emb-japan.go.jp/itpr_en/Tokyo_2020_Passing_the_Torch.html

https://nationalpost.com/sports/olympics/canada-opens-womens-olympic-soccer-tournament-against-host-japan

https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQODH1818K0Y1A710C2000000/

https://www.sportsnet.ca/olympics/article/canadian-womens-soccer-team-thinking-bigger-bronze-tokyo/

https://www.jetro.go.jp/biznews/2021/07/d585ec99682e891b.html

https://www.jiji.com/jc/article?k=2021071900794&g=eco

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-canada-to-welcome-fully-covid-19-vaccinated-us-tourists-from-aug-9/

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-trudeau-to-loosen-border-restrictions-for-foreign-tourists/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/bakx-ksi-lisims-lng-1.6107901