“Read Together! Newspaper Contest” selects 89 winning entries from elementary, middle, and high schools in Kanagawa Prefecture.

“Let’s Read the Newspaper Together! Contest” is a community engagement event, not a physical place. It is typically organized by libraries, schools, or cultural centers to promote media literacy and public discourse. The event’s “history” is rooted in modern efforts to encourage critical thinking about news sources and foster a shared reading experience among participants.

Kanagawa Prefecture is a vibrant region on Tokyo Bay, historically home to the important port city of Yokohama, which opened to foreign trade in 1859. It is globally famous for the Great Buddha statue at Kōtoku-in Temple in Kamakura, the political center of Japan in the 12th century. Today, it is a major economic and cultural hub, blending historical sites with modern landmarks like Yokohama’s Minato Mirai district.

The Kanagawa NIE Promotion Council is an organization in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, dedicated to promoting Newspaper in Education (NIE). Its history is rooted in the global NIE movement, and it works to incorporate newspapers as educational tools in local schools to foster critical thinking and media literacy among students.