Dear Sir or Madam: 

Thank you very much for you past participation in the Yomiuri international Cartoon Contest. 

The Yomiuri Shimbun has decided to end the cartoon contest with the 29^th competition, Whose prizewinners were announced in December last year, concluding that it had fulfilled its role of promoting international cultural exchanges. 

Since its launch in 1979, the cartoon contest had proved quite successful thanks to your support and encouragement. Taking this opportunity, we would like to extend our sincere appreciation. 

We plan to inform our readers of this decision in the newspaper in late April.

Yours sincerely, 

Hirokazu Kobayashi
Editor, the Culture Department
The Yomiuri Shimbun 

Hiroyoshi Nishijima
General Manager, the Office of Yomiuri Culture and Education Awards the Yomiuri Shimbun