Students from international schools across the country competed Saturday in Japan’s first-ever Spelling Bee, battling to correctly spell English words and book a ticket to the finals in the United States.
Sonia Ann Schlesinger, 13, emerged as the winner among the 55 contestants aged 6 to 14 from 28 international and U.S. military base schools.
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