International Manga Award

International Manga Award
国際漫画賞
Awarded forManga by non-Japanese manga artists
CountryJapan
Presented byMinistry of Foreign Affairs
First awarded2007
WebsiteInternational Manga Award website
Tarō Asō, the 92nd Prime Minister of Japan

International Manga Award (国際漫画賞, Kokusai manga shou) is an annual award established to encourage non-Japanese manga artists in 2007. This award was created by Japanese Foreign Minister Tarō Asō, who proposed this award in a policy speech he gave in Tokyo's Akihabara district in 2006.[1][2]

The selection is managed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. Annually, award honorees are recommended by the advisers including Machiko Satonaka and many other manga artists.

  1. ^ "Speech by Minister for Foreign Affairs Taro Aso at Digital Hollywood University". Retrieved September 12, 2007.
  2. ^ "Japan Launches International Manga Award". Retrieved September 12, 2007.