The Consulate General of Japan in Los Angeles is excited to announce that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Japan has launched its 20th Japan International MANGA Award. We are looking for eligible manga works from manga enthusiasts in Southern California and Arizona. Gold and Silver Award winners will be invited to Japan for approximately 7 days on the occasion of the award ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Manga artists of all experience levels are welcome to apply for this award, making it a great opportunity for aspiring manga artists hoping to gain more exposure for their original works. While in Japan for the award ceremony, award winners will have the opportunity to connect with Japanese manga artists and publishing companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Application Period: April 15, 2026 – June 30, 2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n For more information, please refer to the links down below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n English: https:\/\/www.manga-award.mofa.go.jp\/index_e.html<\/a> The Consulate General of Japan in Los Angeles is excited to announce that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Japan has launched its 20th Japan … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,10,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-calls","category-call-for-papers","category-community-engagement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.art.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.art.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.art.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.art.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.art.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8674"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.art.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8675,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.art.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8674\/revisions\/8675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.art.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.art.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.art.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Japanese: https:\/\/www.manga-award.mofa.go.jp\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"