Japanese International Team

The Japanese International Team represents Japan at Science Olympiad national tournaments. They compete in some events alongside U.S. competitors, but are unscored and are seen as honorary guest competitors.

History
Dr. Gerard Putz and Jim Woodland, two executive board members, traveled to Tokyo in 2009. They presented the concept of Science Olympiad to 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) is invited to participate in the Science Olympiad National Tournament as unranked guests.

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