Japanese International Team

The Japanese International Team represents Japan at Science Olympiad national tournaments. They compete in select events alongside their U.S. competitors, but are unranked and treated as honorary guest competitors.

History
Dr. Gerard Putz and Jim Woodland, two Science Olympiad executive board members, traveled to Tokyo in 2009. They presented the concepts and principles of Science Olympiad to officials at the Ministry of Education (MEXT) and the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) at "Science Agora". Each year since 2012, the winner of the Japan High School Science Championships (JHSSC) earned an invitation to the United States National Science Olympiad tournament; this team competes as honorary, unranked guests.


 * The 2014 JHSSC winner was Mie Prefectural Ise Senior High School, which participated in the 2014 National Tournament at the University of Central Florida.


 * The 2015 JHSSC winners were Shibuya Kyoiku Gakuen Makuhari Junior and Senior High Schools, which participated in both divisions in the 2015 National Tournament at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln.


 * The 2017 JHSSC winner was Gifu High School, which participated in the 2017 National Tournament at Wright State University.

Website
For info, go to https://www.soinc.org/2016-national-tournament and https://www.soinc.org/2017-national-tournament The Japanese website is http://ieso2016.jp/