Forty-one students from elementary and middle schools around Japan participated in the ninth Japan Times Bee on Saturday in Tokyo, with one spelling star advancing to the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington this May.This year's winner was 14-year-old Hanna Yoshida, an eighth-grader from the K. International School in Tokyo. After several heated rounds against runner-up Preksha Prashanth, 12, of the India International School in Japan in Yokohama, Hanna correctly spelled the words "execute" and then "insubordinate" to take the win at the annual spelling bee organized by The Japan Tim…READ FULL ARTICLE
