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Properties inscribed on the World Heritage List (16)
Cultural
- Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area (1993)
- Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu (2000)
- Himeji-jo (1993)
- Hiraizumi – Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land (2011)
- Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) (1996)
- Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities) (1994)
- Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara (1998)
- Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama (1995)
- Itsukushima Shinto Shrine (1996)
- Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape (2007)
- Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range (2004)
- Shrines and Temples of Nikko (1999)
Natural
- Ogasawara Islands (2011)
- Shirakami-Sanchi (1993)
- Shiretoko (2005)
- Yakushima (1993)
Properties submitted on the Tentative List (12)
- Temples, Shrines and other structures of Ancient Kamakura (1992)
- Hikone-Jo (castle) (1992)
- The Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Industrial Heritage (2007)
- Churches and Christian Sites in Nagasaki (2007)
- Asuka-Fujiwara: Archaeological sites of Japan’s Ancient Capitals and Related Properties (2007)
- Fujisan (2007)
- Main Building of the National Museum of Western Art (2007)
- Jômon Archaeological Sites in Hokkaidô, Northern Tôhoku, and other regions (2009)
- The Modern Industrial Heritage Sites in Kyûshû and Yamaguchi (2009)
- Okinoshima Island and Related Sites in Munakata Region (2009)
- Mozu-Furuichi Kofungun, Ancient Tumulus Clusters (2010)
- The Sado complex of heritage mines, primarily gold mines (2010)
Activities
News
- Heritage Heals in Hiraizumi Feb 13, 2012
- Nine members elected to World Heritage Committee Nov 7, 2011
- Barbados enters World Heritage List with Bridgetown and its Garrison; Hiraizumi (Japan) and Germany’s Beech Forests also inscribed Jun 25, 2011
- Japan's Ogasawara Islands on UNESCO's World Heritage List Jun 24, 2011
- Ashgabat Agreement: representatives and experts of twelve Asian countries outline the Silk Roads Heritage Corridors approach for the future Serial and Trans-boundary World Heritage Nomination May 18, 2011
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Events
- Expert Meeting "Conservation and Sustainability - from principle to practice" Nov 3, 2012 - Nov 5, 2012
- Expert Meeting "Heritage and Society" Nov 3, 2012 - Nov 5, 2012
- Expert Meeting on the 40th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention in Tokyo Feb 16, 2012
- Launching Ceremony for the 40th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention in Japan Feb 13, 2012
- Second meeting of the Coordinating Committee on the Serial World Heritage Nomination of the Silk Roads May 3, 2011 - May 6, 2011
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