Foreign Language Contests
Please use this information as a planning guide of various programs and tentative application dates. If you are aware of any additional programs we can add to our list to maximize student possibilities please forward to conleya@asmsa.org.
** The deadlines for red highlights have already passed and will be updated after they publish their 2025 dates/costs. Please familiarize yourself with available programs so you can identify your interest, know the requirements, and be ready to apply when the application is published and/or comes back around the following year.
** The deadlines for red highlights have already passed and will be updated after they publish their 2025 dates/costs. Please familiarize yourself with available programs so you can identify your interest, know the requirements, and be ready to apply when the application is published and/or comes back around the following year.
Program Grades: High school students
The National Japan Bowl is America's premier Japanese-language competition. Each spring the Japan-America Society of Washington DC welcomes 200 of the country's top high school Japanese language students to the nation's capital for the competition.
Application Opens: November 20, 2024
Application Deadline: January 31, 2025
Program Dates: April 4-5, 2025
Program Grades: High school students
Students take a 40-question, 45-minute exam and are awarded a range of certificates. There are seven exams that students can take based on proficiency in Latin.
Application Opens: August 26, 2025
Application Deadline:
Application Deadline for Paper Exam: January 24, 2025
Application Deadline for Online Exam: February 14, 2025