World Monuments Fund, a U.S.-based nonprofit organization aiming to preserve imperiled cultural heritage sites, has named the Kagawa Prefectural Gymnasium, designed by the late renowned architect Kenzo Tange, on its 2018 World Monuments Watch list.
The gym in the city of Takamatsu faces possible demolition due to a leaky roof and issues with earthquake resistance.
The concrete structure was built in 1964, the same year that the construction of Yoyogi National Gymnasium, another building designed by Tange, was completed.