Japan’s biggest manga magazine is raising its minimum payment rate for creators

New manga artists will be earning more for their work at Weekly Shonen Jump.

“We would like to inform everyone that the minimum manuscript payment for serialized or one-shot manga in Weekly Shonen has been raised, effective as of November 2024.”

Weekly Shonen Jump sibling publication Jump Giga simultaneously announced it is increasing its minimum rates as well, to 19,800 yen for color pages and 13,200 for black and white.