Map of eligible Pacific Rim countries
Authors from anywhere in the world are eligible for the Kiriyama Prize; however, the books themselves must relate in some significant way to the Pacific Rim or South Asia, or to parts of these regions.
List of eligible Pacific Rim countries
North Pacific
China
Taiwan
Japan
Mongolia
North and South Korea
Eastern Russia
Southeast Asia
Brunei
Cambodia
Indonesia
Laos
Malaysia
Myanmar (Burma)
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Vietnam
Southwest Pacific
Australia
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Papua New Guinea
States, territories, and islands of Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia
The Americas
The Pacific bordering states and provinces of Canada and the US
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Ecuador
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Peru
South Asia
Bangladesh
Bhutan
India
Maldives
Nepal
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
