The winners of the International Section of the 16th Mainichi Haiku Contest have been announced! Congratulations to First Prize winner Hélène Duc, of France, and all those whose haiku were selected.

To read the winning haiku, children's category entries, and comments from the president of The Mainichi Newspapers Co., Yutaka Asahina, and judge Toru Haga in English, French and Japanese, download the following file:

MainichiHaikuContest2012.pdf

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