| Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori received a courtesy call at the Prime Minister's Official Residence from the two top winners of the fifteenth High School Speech Contest on the Northern Territories, sponsored by the Japan League for the Return of the Northern Territories. The contestants represented 15 high schools on the northern island of Hokkaido. First prize (the Minister of Foreign Affairs Prize) was awarded to Ryoko Shima, a first-year student at Hokkai High School, while second prize (the Governor of Hokkaido Prize) went to Mizuho Goto, a second-year student at Nemuro High School. The Prime Minister congratulated the winners and said, "Resolving the Northern Territories problem depends on the understanding and support of young people like you."
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