Noise is coming out of the Japanese sake competition, with the entire prize being canceled as the ranking of the prize was pushed back one step at a time due to scoring errors.
Mainichi Shimbun reported on the 13th that the Japan Federation of Casting Associations, the organizer of the competition, held a briefing session and apologized to officials again for the change of the winner after a scoring mistake was found after the commendation at the sake championship for amateur players. The case goes back to last October. Scoring errors were revealed at the national casting championship, which began in 1981 and marks its 42nd anniversary this year for the purpose of spreading and promoting Japanese alcohol culture. Most winners, including the championship, were canceled. The competition consists of individuals and groups of representatives selected from each prefecture in Japan. There is also a college department where college students compete. The total score of the written test and tasting game is counted for each participant to determine the ranking by individual, group, and university. It is a competition that determines up to 10th place in the individual division and up to 3rd place in the group division and the university division. The problem was scoring.
When the results of the first game were scored using a mark sheet method, there was a defect in the reading device, and the aggregator entered some data manually. At this time, the score of all the players was pushed back one by one, and the result was out of order. As objections were repeated after the announcement, the tournament’s secretariat scored again and confirmed the new ranking. In the individual division, the ninth-place winner was pushed out of the prize, and all winners were replaced in the group division.
EJ SONG
US ASIA JOURNAL
