【2024 新緑杯 Championship】

SF: This House believes that media should not broadcast bloody sports.

GF: This House Would require politicians to disclose their health records to the public.

【2024 新緑杯 West】

R1: THW ban all forms of gambling. 

R2: THBT animal meat products should be banned. 

R3: TH supports the rise of language generative AI.

R4: THW pay all elected politicians the median wage in their country.

【2024 新緑杯 East】

R1: This House Would support the use of performance-enhancing drugs under medical supervision.

R2: This House Believes That long-distance relationships can be as successful as relationships where couples live close to each other. 

R3: This House Would make physical education classes (not health education classes) optional in senior high schools.

R4: This House Believes That the growth of international tourism contributes positively to the conservation of cultural heritage, such as that of Kyoto.

【2024 新芽杯】

R1: THBT it's more enjoyable to watch a movie with friends at someone's house than at a movie theater with friends. 

R2: THBT underaged individuals should not become YouTubers. 

R3: THBT love is more important than money for a good marriage. 

【2024 連盟杯】

R1: This house believes that schools should allow students to use generative artificial intelligence (e.g. ChatGPT, Gemini, etc)

R2: This house would allow public servants to strike.

R3: This house would also punish parents when their children commit a crime.

R4: This house would abolish affirmative actions.

QF: This house believes that SNS does more harm than good to democracy.

SF: This house believes that developing countries should limit rural-urban migration.

GF: This house believes that randomly selected citizens should judge in the debate tournaments.

【2024 中学全国大会】

R1: THBT the customer’s needs and desires should always come first. 

R2: THBT Cram school culture does more harm than good for students.

R3: THW ban all plastic products. 

R4: THBT parents should not say anything about their children’s future job.

【2023 SOLA CUP】

R1: This house believes that commercial feminism has done more harm than good.

R2:  This house supports the rise of art produced by artificial intelligence.

R3: This house believes that in countries with social healthcare systems, the government should not cover medical expenses for individuals who do not take preventive measures to take care of their own health.

R4: This house supports the shaming of individuals as a tactic for the environmental movement to catalyze change.

QF: This house believes that immigrants should assimilate in the culture of their host country even at the expense of losing their original culture.

SF: This house supports the rise of online schooling.

GF: This house supports the live-streaming of war.

【2023 新緑杯 Championship】

SF: This house believes that prisoners should be given the right to vote in national elections.

GF: This house believes that, assuming compliance, we should globally cap military spending to 1% of GDP.

【2023 新緑杯 West】

R1: THW give more votes to citizens according to their performance on a current affairs test.

R2: THBT governments in developing countries should limit migration to megacities.

R3: TH, as a large company, should reflect the racial diversity of the national population in employee diversity. 

R4: THW allow the police full and unrestricted access to social media.

【2023 新緑杯 East】

R1: This house would remove all gender-based quotas in university admissions.

R2: This house believes that international sporting events divide rather than unite.

R3: This house believes that couples should have access to each other’s social media accounts and personal devices. 

R4: This house would introduce an internet voting system in Japan.

【2023 新芽杯】

R1: This house believes that parents should not use rewards to get their children to study.

R2: This house believes that love at first sight will bring more harm than benefits. 

R3: This house believes that being a school teacher is a good job.

【2023 連盟杯】

R1: THBT big businesses should encourage their employees to work from home even after pandemics are no longer a threat to public health and safety.

R2: THBT a world without extreme emotions (falling madly in love, extreme grief, boiling rage) is a better world.

R3: THBT feminism is incompatible with capitalism.

R4: THBT multinational companies should equalize wages for their workers in developing countries with those in their home countries.

QF: THW ban tobacco.

SF: THBT assassination is a justifiable response to the human rights abuses and political oppression committed by political leaders.

GF: THBT the present condition of humanity is better than it would be in 100 years.

【2023 中学全国大会】

R1: THW ban homework.

R2: THW ban countries with poor human rights records from hosting major international sporting events (ie. the Olympics, World Cup)

R3: Given the choice, THW choose to be immortal

Infoslide:

In a literal sense, "immortality" means eternal life. In the context of this debate, we frame an immortal as someone who can feel pain and get injured, but never dies as a result of their injuries or of old age

R4 THBT the portrayal of the "autistic genius" in pop culture does more harm than good.

Infoslide:

"Autistic genius" refers to autistic (自閉症) individuals depicted to be of unusual intelligence.

Ex. The Good Doctor(グッドドクター)

【2022 SOLA Cup】

R1: This house supports Universal Basic Income as a tool for poverty alleviation.

R2:  This house, as the feminism movement, would actively encourage girls to attend same-sex schools.

R3: This house believes the Just Stop Oil protests are justified.

R4: This house would require individuals to use all their wealth beyond $5 million USD for philanthropic projects.

QF:  This house regrets the rise of colorblind casting.

SF: This house believes that the existence of strong emotion in political discourse does more harm than good.

GF: This house regrets the commercialization of the Sustainable Development Goals.

【2022  新緑杯】

R1：This House believes that film versions are never as good as the original books.

R2 :  This House believes that community service is a better punishment than prison for non-violent crimes.

R3 :  This House supports countries offering citizenship based on sporting ability.

R4 :  This House believes that seventy years on, the United Nations is a disappointment. 

【2022 新芽杯】

R1: To compensate for the school days lost due to the COVID-19 pandemic, THBT the high school summer holiday this year should be half as long.

R2: Assuming COVID-19 is over, THBT traveling abroad is better than domestic travel for your honeymoon.

R3: THBT women should be given two votes in national elections

【2022 連盟杯】

R1: THBT the tourism industry does more harm than good for the citizens of developing countries.

R2: TH, as the feminist movement, would advocate for the abolishment of boys-only and girls-only schools.

R3: THW grant senior military officers a veto over military decisions made by politicians (e.g. troop deployments, specific missions).

R4: THW make the number of votes an individual has inversely proportional to their wealth (i.e. the more wealth an individual has the fewer votes that individual has).

QF: This House prefers a world in which those accused of crimes remain completely anonymous to the public unless they receive a guilty verdict.

SF: This House believes that the assassination of political leaders is a legitimate tool of foreign policy.

GF: This House supports athletes using international sporting events (the Olympics, World Baseball Classic, FIFA World Cup, etc.) as platforms to protest and raise political stances.

【2022 中学全国大会】

R1: THW implement female quotas in parliament. 

R2: THBT discussion-based classes are better than lecture classes.

R3: THW ban cars in cities.

R4: THW allow performance enhancing drugs in professional sports.

【2021 SOLA Cup】

R1: This house would require all voters to pass a basic political literacy test.

R2: This house would opt for a strategy of adaptation rather than mitigation when dealing with climate change.

R3: This house believes that criminal courts should treat minors who commit serious and violent crimes as adults.

R4: This house would set a quota for female entrepreneurs when allocating government subsidies for startup businesses.

QF: Assuming technology exists, This house would force all political candidates to provide public access to their personal beliefs.

SF: This house would actively promote non-marital childbearing.

GF: This house supports the narrative that individuals should prioritize the alleviation of universal suffering over their own self-interest.

【2021 新緑杯】

R1: This house would designate one city to permanently host the Olympics.

R2: This house would aggressively prioritize the posting of female diplomats to countries with poor women's rights records.

R3: This house would ban the display of art created with the intended purpose or reasonably likely outcome of creating offence.

R4: This house believes that if technology permitted us to identify people who are genetically predisposed to commit crimes, it would be appropriate for the state to monitor them and limit their activities. 

【2021 新芽杯】

R1: THBT giving money as a birthday is good for both parents and their children in high school.

R2: In order for high school students to confess their love, THBT sending message on smartphone is better than face-to-face talk.

R3: THW ban too skinny models (with a BMI below 18.5) from showing up in media.

【2021 連盟杯】

R1: This house believes that the age of digital information (e.g. social media, online news, etc.) has done more harm than good in protecting democracy.

R2:  Given the technology, this house would erase society's memory and evidence of the criminal past of former convicts after their release from prison.

R3: This house prefers a world without lying.

R4: This house believes that, assuming Personal Protective Equipment is sufficiently available, medical workers during a pandemic should have the right to opt out of service.

QF: This house believes that spouses of political figures should not be recognized as public figures.

SF: Instead of leaving the decision up to the producing company, this house would legally require that Self-Driving Cars produced by companies always choose to maximize the number of lives saved, even if it leads to the death of the passengers.

GF: This house believes that hacking is a legitimate way of protest against multinational corporations.

【2021 中学生全国大会】

R1: THW allow performance-enhancing drugs in professional sporting events.

R2: TH prefers a world in which there are no restrictions on student’s appearances in schools. *uniforms are an exception

R3: THW ban Valentine’s Day in schools.

R4: THBT online learning is better than offline learning. 

【2020 新緑杯】

R1: This house would pay all elected politicians the median wage in the their countries.

R2: This house would give national treasures (like the Rosetta Stone in the British Museum) back to their countries of origin.

R3: This house believes that only countries with good human rights records should be allowed to host the Olympics.

R4: This house would legalize surrogacy for profit in liberal democracies.

【2020 新芽杯】

R1: THW ban eating contests

R2: THBT holding a gorgeous wedding ceremony is better than holding a simple one. 

R3: THBT criminal trials should be publicly broadcasted on TV and other media (like YouTube). 

【2020 連盟杯】

R1: THW abolish the Olympic Games.

R2: THW prohibit criminals from publishing descriptions of their crimes.

R3: THBT the state should not subsidize art.

R4: THBT feminist movement should oppose affirmative action for women.

QF: THBT humanitarian aid does more harm than good to active conflict zones.

SF: THW prohibit corporations from sponsoring academic research. 

GF: THW abolish private property.

【2020 中学生全国大会】

R1: THBT teachers should be punished for bullying in their classrooms.

R2: THBT parents should have full access to their children’s social media. 

R3: THW ban films and music which glamorize socially undesirable conducts e.g. drug, abuse, racism

R4: TH, as Japan, would accept all refugees.

【2019 新緑杯】

R1: This House believes that professional sports players should be allowed to enhance abilities by using drugs.

R2: This House, as an individual, would not consume works produced by immoral artists. 

R3: This House believes that debating skills matter in getting a boyfriend or a girlfriend.

R4: This House would mandate retirement from the National Diet at age 65.

【2019 連盟杯】

R1: THW ban beauty contest.

R2: THW introduce conscription.

R3: THW completely ban broadcasting of suicide.

R4: THW ban all forms of gambling.

QF: THW ban use of combat drones.

SF: THW trade with oppressive regimes.

GF: THBT free speech should include the right to offend.

【2019 中学生全国大会】

R1: THW ban giving of chocolate and other gifts on Valentine's Day at junior and senior high schools. 

R2: THBT new movies, or new TV shows which contain smoking scenes should be banned. 

R3: THP world without social networking services such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

R4: THBT all major political parties in Japan should list an equal number of men and women candidates. 

【2018 連盟杯】 

R1: THW ban cosmetic surgery.

R2: THW require doctors to report all cases of suspected domestic violence.

R3: THW give right to vote to prisoners.

QF: THW legalize active euthanasia.

SF: THW give national treasures back to its people.

GF: THW criminalize paying ransom to hostages.

【2017 連盟杯】 

R1: THW ban alcohol.

R2: THW abolish escalator system in schools (such as Keio, Waseda).

R3: THW legalize organ transplant for profit.

QF: THBT US military bases should be removed from Japan.

SF: THW abolish all laws restricting free speech.

GF: TH prefers the world without marriage.

【2016 連盟杯】 

R1: THW require broadcasters to devote equal time and prominence to coverage of female sports games as male sports games.

R2: THW pay all elected politicians the median wage in their electoral district.

R3: THW allow prisoners to donate their organs in exchange for shortening of their sentences.

QF: THBT, upon request by the authority, smart phone companies should be forced to unlock their products usually by criminals.

SF: THBT the EU should abandon its commitment to the principle of open borders between member states.

GF: THBT democratic countries should not attend sporting events in countries with bad human rights records.

【2015 連盟杯】

R1: THW require all the Internet users to use the real names.

R2: THBT gambling of all forms (e.g. lotteries, horse racing, or casinos) should be illegal.

R3: THBT governments should refuse to assist in rebuilding areas prone to natural disasters.

QF: THW abolish death penalty.

SF: THW provide welfare in the form of basic goods and services, rather than cash payments.

GF: THBT governments should negotiate with terrorists when their citizens are taken hostages by terrorists groups.

【2014 連盟杯】 

R1: THBT parents should have the right to access all accounts of their children's social networking sites.

R2: THW apply the retirement age to politicians.

R3: THBT the Tokyo Olympics venue should include the Tohoku/Fukushima area.

QF: THW deny those who have made poor lifestyle choices and actively harmed themselves (fatty food, alcohol, smoking) the access to the national health insurance.

SF: THBT research institutions that actively employ female scientists should be given more research funding by the government.

GF: THBT Japan should not impose any sanctions on Russia regarding the Crimea issue.

【2013 連盟杯】 

R1: THW allow gifted students to skip grades in schools.

R2: THW ban experiments on animals.

R3: THBT using the Internet in political election campaigns will do more harm than good.

QF: THW use quota to increase the representation of women in the Japanese parliament.

SF: THW penalize media companies that broadcast the use of physical abuse (such as beating or kicking someone) as a form of humor.

GF: THBT the US federal government should ban the private use of firearms.

【2012 連盟杯】 

R1: THBT students in elementary schools and junior schools should be required to repeat a grade if their class performance is poor.

R2: THW make voting at elections compulsory.

R3: THW ban fortune-telling businesses.