Sapporo man wins Toastmasters speech contest The Yomiuri Shimbun Kiminari Azuma, 45, a systems engineer from Sapporo, won first place in the Toastmasters District 76 (Japan) International Speech Contest, held at the National Olympics Memorial Youth Center in Yoyogi, Tokyo, on May 20. Five finalists representing five different divisions in Japan, from Hokkaido to Okinawa Prefecture, made speeches..