19th National Tournamentin Okayama 2024
連絡会 Teachers’/Judges’ Meeting

10時開始 Starts from 10AM
1. 理事長・開催県からのご挨拶
2. 全国大会募集要項 Rules
3. 選抜基準Standards for Selection
4. Debate Topics

Basically, same as in Tochigi
Paperless (Tournament information, matchings will
be announced through Portal sites, LINE)On Paper only: Pieces of Evidence and their Sources
Judge decision will be using google forms: With somemore double, triple checks(All judges must have a smartphone/tablets)

Some YouTube live (only in some rooms)

Important Dates before Dec 21/22th
応募期間は10/1-11/13
Entry Deadline - Nov 13th
ジャッジ・顧問説明会Online
12/8 (日) Dec 8th(Sun)
Online meeting for Judges/Teachers (for the Participating
Schools before the Nationals. No Judges meeting, just rollcalls at the Tournament day)
11月10日(日) 合同予選会Online (必要な場合のみ開催)
Nov 10th (Sun) Joint Preliminary Prefectural Tournament(Only if necessary)Changed last year: Joint school teams• 特例措置：合同チーム（※今大会からの追加規定）• 同じ都道府県に所在する2つの学校が，ともに選手不足の場合，合同チームを組んで予選および全国大会に応募することを認める（ただし合同チームとして全国大会に応募する際には，予選出場時点のチーム構成を変更することはできない。また3校以上による合同チームは認められない）
Joint team: Two schools from the same prefecture
only if neither can participate by their own,canform a team.

選抜基準
Selection Standards for the Nationals
Very slight change concerning F-a)F-a) 県大会出場校 5校以上なら2枠目優先追加“Inter-prefectural” tournamentsb) >10 schools c) Same prefecture teams < 40%* Every teams should be counted as equallyparticipating (No “Shadow” schools, please )“Joint teams” will be treated and counted as oneschool.

Debate Topic 2024
Resolved: That the Japanese
government should abolish all
nuclear power plants in Japan.

日本政府は，原子力発電所を全て廃止すべきである。是か非か。

Definitions
1.
All nuclear power plants (NPPs) operating now (as ofMarch 2024) should be shut down by 2030.
2.
NPPs that are currently idled, even those withpermission to restart at this moment, should not be
reoperated. No new construction of NPPs should begranted.
3.
The (so-called) nuclear fuel cycle policy involving thereprocessing and reuse of spent nuclear fuel should becompletely aborted.
4.
Decommissioning of shutdown NPPs and relevant
facilities should proceed according to the current policy.
5.
The disposal of high-level radioactive waste (nuclearwaste) should proceed according to the current policy(including the selection of a final disposal site).

Definitions (6.)
6.
Debaters cannot add or specify plans beyond the above
points. Debaters should speculate and argue the future prospects,
based on evidence, referring to the current relevant policies, etc. The
following are specific examples that cannot be added nor specified asplans:a)Limiting or designating the scope of the abolition of NPPs.
b)
Designation of power generation sources after the abolitionof NPPs.
c)
Promotion of natural renewable energy such as solar or wind.
d)
How subsidies and related financial resources related tonuclear power should be spent after the abolition.
e)Adding or changing the regulations on Japanese NPP
constructors or related businesses, concerning exports/commissionsof NPPs or related business abroad. (*Addition )(Unwritten but rather obvious)
Rule concerning HEnDA definitions
If it is not EXPLICITLY written in the HEnDA definitions,debaters cannot add any new assumption (additional“plan”), nor should the judge assume that such newassumption (additional “plan”) can justify or refute ADsor DAs
In other words, if it is not EXPLICITLY written in theHEnDA definitions, you must PROVE it (withevidence)

Definitions (7.)
7.
The negative side will defend the current
government policy (as of March 2024) on nuclear
power operation and management.