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Japan BP

What it took to break here, what gets set, and a plan for the week before.

Sat 5 Dec 2026in 58 days

From 2 tabs, newest Japan BP 2025.

How many points to break?

9points, the middle of
the last 2 editions

Safe points at the last 2 editions with a figure: 9, 9, newest first. The last team in averaged 77.1 speaks in 2025.

What will they set?

Out of 21 past motions with a topic, from 2 editions.

How many teams, and how many break?

28of 71 teams made the open break
in 2025

Field strength: Below Average in 2025, from the ratings of the debaters who went.

What should you do first?

Work through “Generating arguments”

Your prep week starts 6 days before the tournament. 6 tasks in the plan below.

Your chance of breaking here and your average on each topic this tournament sets, from your own tab.

Import a tab

Your prep week

Built on the topics set most here. Import your tab and it switches to your weakest topics.

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  • For Economics motions, the topic set most here.Open the lesson
  • Mechanism, actors, weighing. Use the prep timer below.Pull a motion
  • Start with: THBT China's rapid expansion of the Electric Vehicles industry has done more harm than goo...Past motions
  • Ask for an Economics motion on your weaker position.
  • Pull a motion
  • Check the schedule and the break line. No new material the night before.Tournament info

Prep timer

15:00

Past motions

2 editions with motions on record, newest first.

Japan BP 202510 motions
  1. Round 1THP technocracies over democracies in post-conflict societiesPractise this motion
  2. Round 2THS the trend of football clubs signing young players on long-term contractsPractise this motion
  3. Round 3THBT the United States should militarily invade VenezuelaPractise this motion
  4. Round 4THR the rising popularity of revolutionary movements in popular media (e.g., Hunger Games, One Battle After Another, Dune, etc.)Practise this motion
  5. Round 5THS the implementation of Swift Courts in legal systemsPractise this motion
  6. Open Pre-Quarter FinalsTHBT it is in the interest of India to significantly reduce its ties with RussiaPractise this motion
  7. Open Quarter FinalsTHP a dominant norm of divine hiddenness rather divine interventionPractise this motion
  8. Open Semi FinalsTHBT China's rapid expansion of the Electric Vehicles industry has done more harm than goodPractise this motion
  9. Open Grand FinalTHP cultural incomprehensibility to cultural comprehensibility as a dominant intercultural approachPractise this motion
  10. Rookie FinalTHP a world where individuals do not feel social shamePractise this motion
Japan BP 202411 motions
  1. Round 0THBT the rise in marketization of social reproduction in the developed countries will do more harm than good.Practise this motion
  2. Round 0THBT the rise in marketization of social reproduction in the developed countries will do more harm than good.Practise this motion
  3. ラウンド1TH, as a young professional worker in East Asia, would prioritize career success over settling a mediocre career path that allows non-career pursuits.Practise this motion
  4. ラウンド2Motion: TH supports the adoption of price setting AI by real estate companies.Practise this motion
  5. ラウンド3TH regrets the political strategy of centre-left political parties forming governing coalitions with centre-right parties as opposed to collaboration with left-wing parties.Practise this motion
  6. ラウンド4TH regrets the emphasis on miracles in religion.Practise this motion
  7. ラウンド5In countries with a history of settler colonialism, THBT the indigenous communities should prioritise demanding economic reparation (e.g., redistribution and welfare provision), rather than political reparation (e.g., quotas in the parliament and legal protection for land rights).Practise this motion
  8. QuarterfinalsTHBT the rise in marketization of social reproduction in the developed countries will do more harm than good.Practise this motion
  9. SemifinalsTH supports the continuation of Lina Khan's leadership in the FTC.Practise this motion
  10. Grand FinalTH supports the rise of gender separatist movements.Practise this motion
  11. Rookie FinalsTHBT, in times of economic crisis, governments and central banks should withhold information that may damage market confidence.Practise this motion

The break, year by year

The points that were safe, the last team in and how many broke, at each edition with results.

YearSafe on (points)Last team in (speaks)Open break
2025977.128 of 71
2024975.520 of 48

Every break in 2025

  • Open break28 teams
  • Schooler break6 teams
  • Rookie break11 teams

How speakers score here

Speaker averages and what finishing high has taken.

average speaker score, 2 editions
76.3
where most speakers land
74.7 to 77.9

What finishing high has taken

  • Top speaker80.0
  • 10th speaker78.6
  • 20th speaker77.6

Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 2 editions.

Prep these too

Coming up, and their past motions cover the same topics. Topic match is how alike the two topic mixes are: 100% would be the same mix.