Since the first session 38 years ago of Mayor of Honolulu Trophy All Japan Youth English Oratorical Contest, Kiyo has been serving the annual event as Chief Judge. Some 150 to 200 high school and university students compete every year for the trophy, and the two winners, one from the high school category and one from the university division, have the honor of making an official visit to the Mayor of Honolulu in addition to the privilege of studying at the summer session of the University of Hawaii. The contest is solely sponsored by ECC Foreign Language Institute, ECC College of International Languages, and ECC Junior Branch Schools.