Elementary School Student from Kawaijuku Gakuen Dalton School Wins Japan Preliminary of World's Largest Business Idea Contest! Advances to World Finals in November
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Reita Shikata, a 6th-grade elementary student from Kawaijuku Gakuen Dalton School Tokyo, won the Japan preliminary of the 'Startup World Cup 2026 Nagoya Preliminary (Youth Pitch Division),' one of the world's largest business pitch contests. Shikata proposed a multilingual app for a common 'gluten-free certification mark' for foreign visitors to Japan and will represent Japan at the World Finals in San Francisco, USA, in November.