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UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE

Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 18, 2016
Visitors welcome Tokyo museum's UNESCO World Heritage listing
Visitors to a Tokyo art museum designed by Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier have welcomed UNESCO's decision to add it to the World Heritage list, with many lining up before its 9:30 a.m. opening.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 17, 2016
Tokyo's Le Corbusier building makes UNESCO heritage list
An art museum in Tokyo and 16 other buildings designed by Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier are to be added to the World Heritage list, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee announced Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 11, 2016
World Heritage pilgrimage trails in Kii mountains to be expanded
UNESCO said Friday it has decided to propose approving Japan's request to expand the World Heritage area of religious sites and pilgrimage trails in the Kii mountains straddling central and western Japan.
JAPAN
Feb 9, 2016
Japan to scrap World Heritage bid for historic Christian sites in Kyushu
The Cabinet on Tuesday approved withdrawing its bid for UNESCO to add churches and other Christian sites in southwestern Japan to the World Heritage register.
JAPAN
Oct 15, 2015
Japan politicizing UNESCO with Siberia prisoner files, Russia says
A Russian government official has expressed opposition to the Memory of the World listing of Japanese files on the postwar internment of prisoners of war in Siberia, saying it is politicizing UNESCO similar to China's move with the Nanjing Massacre documents.
JAPAN
Jul 29, 2015
Fukuoka ancient monuments touted for UNESCO heritage list
The Council for Cultural Affairs has picked a group of five ancient monuments in Fukuoka Prefecture as a candidate for UNESCO cultural heritage status in 2017.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2015
Tourists flock to Japan's new UNESCO heritage sites; access is improving
On the first Saturday since Meiji Era industrial sites got World Heritage listing, visitors were out in force. More work is needed to accommodate them.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 6, 2015
Campaigners say work still needed after UNESCO endorsement
While the people behind the bid to have Meiji-era industrial sites recognized with UNESCO World Cultural Heritage status celebrated their efforts Monday, they also noted that a raft of issues that must still be tackled.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Jun 24, 2015
Story of Japan's industrial rise deserves to be told, forced labor and all
Proposed Kyushu UNESCO sites could be a showcase for East Asian cooperation or festering points of contention.
JAPAN / History
Jun 9, 2015
Japan, South Korea remain apart on World Heritage listing after second round of talks
Japan and South Korea remained apart over the proposed World Heritage listing of historical industrial sites after holding a second round of talks Tuesday in Seoul, according to meeting participants.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
May 25, 2015
UNESCO faces Japan's legacy of forced labor in heritage bid
News earlier this month that a UNESCO advisory panel had recommended putting Japanese sites from the Meiji industrial revolution on the World Heritage list excited the public, especially residents near the sites who campaigned for the honor.
EDITORIALS
May 16, 2015
Heritage means responsibility
Should Japan win World Heritage status for its early industrial sites, it should take steps to ensure visitors are aware of both the positive and negative aspects of their histories.
JAPAN / Politics
May 14, 2015
China joins South Korea in opposing Japan's bid to add industrial sites to UNESCO list
China came out against Japan's attempt to list historical industrial facilities as World Heritage sites on Thursday, citing wartime forced labor involving Koreans and other Asians.
JAPAN / Politics
May 11, 2015
Japanese, South Korean lawmakers meet in Seoul
Senior Japanese and South Korean lawmakers met Monday to discuss the agenda and schedule for a future meeting of lawmakers' groups from the two countries to promote bilateral ties.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Apr 25, 2015
The temporal shift of Ainokura village
The tour conductor waved her flag furiously as she directed the bus driver into the last remaining slot in the parking lot that serves the village of Shirakawa-go.
JAPAN
Apr 20, 2015
World heritage candidate for 2017 to be known by July
A government panel said Monday it will pick a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site candidate to promote for 2017 by the end of July.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 17, 2014
Japan moves to recommend Christian sites for World Heritage listing
The country's oldest surviving church is to be recommended for UNESCO World Cultural Heritage listing along with 12 other Christian sites in Nagasaki and Kumamoto prefectures, under a plan formalized Wednesday by the central government.
JAPAN
Jul 10, 2014
Japan to recommend Christian sites for World Heritage list
A government panel on Thursday endorsed churches and other Christian sites in Nagasaki and Kumamoto prefectures as candidates for UNESCO World Cultural Heritage listing in 2016.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 23, 2014
Heritage listing puts Tomioka on tourist map
The Tomioka Silk Mill, a historic factory in Gunma Prefecture and a cradle of Japan's industrialization in the 19th century, has been inundated with tourists following its listing Saturday as a World Heritage site.
JAPAN
Jun 21, 2014
Tomioka Silk Mill makes UNESCO list
A historic factory building in Gunma Prefecture symbolizing Japan's industrialization from the 19th century gains UNESCO World Heritage status.
Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
As visitors surge, Japan seeks ways to make tourism eco-friendly
Much like other hot spots across Okinawa, Onna has diligently strived to captivate both domestic and international tourists, while at the same time grappling with the environmental strain induced by the influx of visitors.
G7 eyes plan on U.S.-led $50 billion aid package for Ukraine
A local resident visits the Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, on Thursday. The U.S. is in talks with close partners to lead a group of allies that would give as much as $50 billion in aid to Ukraine.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
Kishida talks up bolstered Latin American ties as China cements position
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a news conference in Sao Paulo on Saturday.
'Monster' Inoue ready to tear down Luis Nery in title defense at Tokyo Dome
Naoya Inoue (left) and Luis Nery following a pre-fight news conference in Yokohama on Saturday, two days ahead of their super bantamweight title fight.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Sapporo court ruling on Ainu fishing rights presents tough questions
A traditional Ainu preserved food called <i>satchep</i> (dried fish) being made at the government-run National Ainu Museum and Park, nicknamed Upopoy, in the town of Shiraoi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 25. The Sapporo District Court ruled last month that the Raporo Ainu Nation's rights as an Indigenous people did not extend to having an inherent right to fish for commercial reasons.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.

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