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19th (2020) Intercollegiate Negotiation Competition

On November 14 and 15, 2020, the 19th Intercollegiate Negotiation Competition (INC) was held. Whereas INC had been held at Sophia University in Tokyo in previous years, 2020 INC was held online using Zoom because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The contestants were 234 students of 34 teams competing in Japanese and 18 in English. 20 Japanese universities participated: Hokkaido University, Tohoku University, Yamagata University, Tsukuba University, Gakushuin University, Keio University, Sophia University, Chuo University, the University of Tokyo, Nihon University, Meiji University, Rikkyo University, Waseda University, Nagoya University, Kyoto University, Doshisha University, Ritsumeikan University, Osaka University, Kyushu University, and Seinan Gakuin University. Five teams participated from overseas: Team Australia (representing the Australian National University, Monash University, Queensland University of Technology, the University of Melbourne, and the University of Sydney), the National University of Singapore (NUS), the National University of Mongolia (MUIS), Beijing Normal University (BNU), and Chulalongkorn University.

Tournament chart

Judges and officials

Over the two days, a total of 128 people, including legal professionals, academics, and corporate legal staff, extended cooperation to INC by serving as judges. Moreover, 55 people, including INC alumni and students of the participating universities, supported INC as officials who smoothly operated the 26 Zoom meeting rooms where the competition was held.

Results of the 19th Intercollegiate Negotiation Competition