ESUJ Debate 2008

Results

Organizer:	The English-Speaking Union of Japan
Date:	Saturday, June 7, 2008
Place:	KFC Rooms (Ryogoku, Tokyo)
Participants:	16 teams
Tournament Director:	Chihiro Nakagawa

Motions:
Round 1:	This House would punish parents for their child's crime.
Round 2:	This House would provide school buses for female high school students.
Round 3:	This House would allow foreign capital to invest in Japanese airports.
Round 4:	This House would follow its dream rather than take a stable job.
Semi-Finals:	This House would require the approval of local residents for billboard advertising.
Final:	This House believes that Japanese with "metabolic syndrome" should pay higher health insurance.

The results:
1st Prize:	The Perennial Underdogs	(Namiki Hiromu · Kokue Shiro)
2nd Prize:	Maple & Sakura	(Suzuki Shigeo · Mathew Chromecki)
3rd Prize:	UT Shakaijin Sisters	(Yanagawa Sumiko · Hamahara Akiko)
	Debate Gym Japan	(Matsuura Naoki · Magdi Khalil)

Participants:
The Perennial Underdogs	(Namiki Hiromu / Kokue Shiro)
Mitaka Hills	(Ueda Koichi / Yoshii Kaoru)
Taniyo Whales	(Itoh Kuniyoshi / Tani Yo)
Debate Gym Japan	(Matsuura Naoki / Magdi Khalil)
matcha	(Sasaki Nana / Cindy Low)
Feminines	(Ishida Yuriko / Motosuke Atsuko)
Desert Rose	(Yamauchi Akira / Andrew Karshaw)
SANNO OB&OG	(Horinouchi Rie / Onodera Kazushi)
azuki	(Imamura Juri / Tsuda Yoshihiro)
Dragonball GD	(Ideriha Sadahiro / Ishimoto Shunsuke)
UT Shakaijin Sisters	(Yanagawa Sumiko / Hamahara Akiko)
Maple & Sakura	(Suzuki Shigeo / Mathew Chromecki)
Powered by Inagakuen OCC	(Sato Yuya / Takada Nodoka)
Saitama Debate Boys	(Fujisawa Satomi / Hamano Kiyozumi)
Saitama Debate Boys 2	(Maruhashi Hiroyuki / Sakai Miyuki)
The Teachers	(Rick Berger / Kozai Soichi)