31st Sir Peter Parker Awards for Spoken Business Japanese

First Prize winner

Mr Samy Narrainen (Jagex Games Studio)
Speech Title: Attracting Foreign Talent to Japan

Second Prize winner

Mr Ajay Modasiya (SEGA Europe Limited)
Speech Title: How Japanese companies can survive in the Reiwa era

Third Prize winner

Miss Rebecca Luff-Smith (Housewife)
Speech Title: Counselling, Mental Health and Business

Special Prize winner

Miss Jacqui McGinn (Self-employed Business Own/Itchen Sixth Form College)
Speech Title: Embracing the differences between Japanese and Western Thinking for better communication and complex problem solving

Other Finalists

Mr Yakoob Hanif (Mach49)
Speech Title: Accelerating human progress: how Japan can play a key role in the ambitious transformation of Saudi Arabia

Mr Lewis Cheung (Simmons & Simmons | Wavelength)
Speech Title: Providing Digital Transformation consulting services to Japanese businesses – unexpected similarities when British law firms adopt legal technologies

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The purpose of the Sir Peter Parker Awards for Spoken Business Japanese is to deepen the understanding of Japanese business culture by business person of the countries of the UK, European countries and byond through study of the Japanese language, and to contribute to goodwill and mutual understanding with the people of Japan through better communication.

The Sir Peter Parker Awards for Spoken Business Japanese were established in 1990 by Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) London, and SOAS, University of London. The Awards are widely recognised as having made a significant contribution to the recent growth in the use of Japanese in business, as well as having benefited participants in their professional careers.

Contact us for more information: sppa@soas.ac.uk