There were a record-high 62 entrants in the Japanese-to-English Division and 54 in the English-to-Japanese Division of the Sixteenth Annual JAT Contest for New and Aspiring Japanese/English Translators. The finalists have been decided as follows:

Japanese to English Division: E05 E29 E51 E59 E62

English to Japanese Division: J24 J40 J51 J67 J70

First- and second-place winners will be announced by early to mid-February on the JAT website and by direct e-mail to the winners.