Efforts underway to preserve original manga drawings
World 18:03 04/09/2025TOKYO -- With concerns growing over the potential loss of original manga drawings in Japan, new initiatives are being launched to preserve celebrated manga heritage, underscoring a growing commitment to safeguarding these cultural treasures for future generations.
Original manga drawings at risk of deterioration, loss
World 17:18 04/09/2025TOKYO -- Japanese manga comics, celebrated worldwide for their creativity and influence, now face a pressing challenge: the original drawings that bring these stories to life are at risk of deterioration and disappearance.
Manga doomsday prediction spooks tourists to Japan
World 16:15 03/07/2025TOKYO/HONG KONG - Viral rumours of impending disaster stemming from a comic book prediction have taken the sheen off Japan's tourism boom, with some airlines cancelling flights from Hong Kong where passengers numbers have plunged.
‘Detective Conan’ manga series exhibition delights Vietnamese fans
Travel 19:37 03/07/2024Vietnam has become the first country outside Japan to host an exhibition on the legendary manga series 'Detective Conan'
Vietnamese author wins Japanese manga award
Travel 10:21 27/12/2023This is the fifth Vietnamese comic to have earned recognition at the prestigious Japan International Manga Awards
For manga's striving artists, success lurks online
World 10:48 01/03/2021Manga artist Kamentotsu didn’t expect much when he uploaded a four-panel strip about an anthropomorphic bear who runs a cake shop to his Twitter account three years ago
Ho Chi Minh City youth participate in cosplay competition
Travel 13:58 28/12/2020The youthful participants donned fantastical costumes inspired by a variety of fictional characters
HCMC exhibit to feature Japanese illustrations
Travel 13:16 07/03/2014105 contemporary illustrations by famed “eshi,” Japanese comic artists, will be showcased at the exhibit “Eshi 100” in HCMC starting tomorrow
Japan’s culture fest to run in Hanoi
Travel 15:35 14/01/2014The 2014 Cool Japan Fukuoka Fair, set to run in Hanoi on Jan 18 and 19, will feature a variety of Japanese cultural and art activities.
Local readers find Japanese mangas’ unconventional layout perplexing
Travel 11:05 24/05/2013Many concerned parents recently complained to Tuoi Tre about the difficulties the right-to-left layout adopted by the Vietnamese versions of Japanese and Chinese mangas pose to their children.
