Abstract
The International Geography Olympiad (iGeo) is a scientific meeting in which senior high school students participate conducted at the site of the annual meeting of the International Geography Union (Regional Congress of the IGU). For a long time, Team Japan continued to experience difficulties at iGeo. However, all Japanese students received medals (three silver and one bronze) at the iGeo held in Tver, Russia, in August 2015, the first such remarkable achievement for a Japanese team. This article discusses how the improved results were achieved. For example, a screening test was used to select students of high caliber and special training was given to the four selected students. We hope to introduce to all Japanese geographers the final domestic selection criteria for the 2015 iGeo. This would be useful for improvement of geography education generally.
