Northeast Asian Open Results

To the international debating community

The organizing committee would like to thank everyone who took part in
the first international tournament in Japan.

We would like to thank all the teams that participated in the
elimination rounds. Moreover, we would like to recognize the champions
of this year's NEAO, ICU 3 (Akira Kohbara, Satomi Hemmi, Keigo Okada),
and the finalist, EDiS (In Young Park, Doh Hee Roh, Hannah Kim). ICU 3
won against EDiS in a unanimous 9-0 decision. What is significant
about this year's winner is that ICU is the first institution outside
Korea to win this tournament.

The breaking teams for the main bracket are as follows:
1. UIC 2
2. EDiS
3. HDS 2
4. Tsuda
5. UIC 1
6. SKKU
7. DAE 1
8. ICU 3

ICU 1 was supposed to break but was not announced due to a ballot
error. The committee deeply apologizes to the members of ICU 1 for this.

In the quarter-finals, ICU 3 defeated UIC2, EDiS defeated DAE 1, SKKU
defeated HDS 2, UIC 1 defeated Tsuda.
In the semi-finals, ICU 3 defeated UIC 1, and EDiS defeated SKKU.

The EFL finalists were Seikei A and Wenzao 1. Wenzao 1 defeated Seikei
with a 3-0 decision, making them the EFL winners.

Again, congratulations to all teams that broke!

The top ten speakers on the tab were:
1. Shoko Furui (AGU 2)
1. Wonjoon Jang (UIC 1)
1. Tzu-Chien Yen (Wenzao 1)
4. Kotono Maekawa (AGU 2)
4. Kang Min Lee (SKKU)
4. Sumi Park (UIC 2)
7. Satomi Hemmi (ICU 3)
7. Hyewon Hetty Rho (Korea 3)
7. Junghwan Jeon (UIC 1)
10. Miyuki Nozu (ICU 1)
10. Nayoung Song (UIC 2)
10. Yejin Moon (UIC 2)

Breaking Adjudicators:
Chihiro Nakagawa, Logan, Jason Jarvis, Isao Ayabe, Tomohisa Ishikawa,
Masako, Peter Kipp, Soo Young Cho, Andrew Nishizaki, Sophie Lee, Min
Hyuk Kim, Rose Chang, Jonathan Borock, Melorina Kamaruddin, Sae-Seul Park

Motions:

R1: Youth
THB in the establishment of a "Youth Government" for national
policymaking.
THB in compulsory military training for every citizen of the country
by age 25.
THW not allow foreign students to enroll in domestic universities.

R2: The Palin Factor
THW establish a minimum IQ for National Leaders.
THBT candidates for government positions should not be allowed to
accept endorsements from religious leaders.
THBT non-US citizens deserve a right to vote in the US election.

R3: Gender Issues
THW recognize trans-sexuals as members of a third sex.
THBT the use of birth control pills should be prescription-

free.
THW introduce a quota system for female politicians in national
parliament.

R4: International Relations
THW say NO to the U.S.-India Nuclear Agreement.
THW not meet with the leaders of Iran.
THBT supporting Georgia's NATO bid is more important than maintaining
good relations with Russia.

Main QF/EFL Final: Nature
THW not classify radical environmental groups as terrorist.
THS an international moratorium on commercial fishing of tuna.
THW abolish animal sports.

Main SF: Territory in NE Asia
THBT Japan and Korea should share Takeshima/Dokdo.
THBT Russia should return the Northern Territories to Japan.
THBT ICJ should mediate the Senkaku Islands dispute among Japan, China
and Taiwan.

Main Final: Medicine
THS the forced sterilization of all criminals convicted of a felony.
THW deny national health services to people who participate in extreme
sports.
THW protect the right of families to genetically engineer the traits
of their children.

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