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Universitas Airlangga student takes second place in Japanese speech contest run by USU
A 2025-cohort Japanese Language and Literature student at Universitas Airlangga placed second in the Speech Taikai contest at the Aotake Matsuri event. The results were announced online on 24 October.
Why it matters: The result places a 2025-cohort Japanese Language and Literature student at Universitas Airlangga among the prize winners of the USU-organised Speech Taikai.
Universitas Airlangga (UNAIR) said Amjad Fatih Ramadhan, a 2025-cohort student of Japanese Language and Literature, won second place in the Speech Taikai contest at the Aotake Matsuri event.
According to UNAIR, the competition was organised by USU, and its results were announced online on Saturday 24 October 2026.
UNAIR described Speech Taikai as a public-speaking contest delivered in Japanese.
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Rachel Smith, Students and International Editor
The award goes to a student from UNAIR's 2025 Japanese Language and Literature cohort, who finished second in the USU-organised Speech Taikai; the results were announced online on 24 October.
