Japan
Properties inscribed on the World Heritage List (23)
Cultural (19)
- Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area (1993)
- Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration (2013)
- Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu (2000)
- Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region (2018)
- 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)
- Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group: Mounded Tombs of Ancient Japan (2019)
- Sacred Island of Okinoshima and Associated Sites in the Munakata Region (2017)
- Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range (2004)
- Shrines and Temples of Nikko (1999)
- Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining (2015)
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement (2016)
- Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Sites (2014)
Natural (4)
- Ogasawara Islands (2011)
- Shirakami-Sanchi (1993)
- Shiretoko (2005)
- Yakushima (1993)
Sites on the Tentative List (7)
A Tentative List is an inventory of those properties which each State Party intends to consider for nomination. More about the Tentative List Process...
- Temples, Shrines and other structures of Ancient Kamakura (1992)
- Hikone-Jo (castle) (1992)
- Asuka-Fujiwara: Archaeological sites of Japan’s Ancient Capitals and Related Properties (2007)
- Jômon Archaeological Sites in Hokkaidô, Northern Tôhoku, and other regions (2009)
- The Sado complex of heritage mines, primarily gold mines (2010)
- Hiraizumi – Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land (extension) (2012)
- Amami-Oshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, the northern part of Okinawa Island and Iriomote Island (2016)
Activities (5)
- World Heritage Youth Forum (1998) Second International
- Strengthening Conservation and Management of Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha, World Heritage Property: A UNESCO/Japanese Funds-in-Trust Project, 2010-2013
- Preparation and publication: “Historic atlas of Kyoto”, Japan
- Silk Roads World Heritage Serial and Transnational Nomination in Central Asia: A UNESCO/Japanese Funds-in-Trust Project
- Celebrating 40 years of the World Heritage Convention
News (26)
- 18 April: Covid-19 and the International Day of Monuments and Sites 17-Apr-2020
- UNESCO expresses solidarity with Japan as fire rips through World Heritage site in Okinawa 31-Oct-2019
- Seven cultural sites inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List 06-Jul-2019
- Decisions adopted by Ashgabat Silk Roads Coordinating Committee 29-Jan-2019
- UN chief pays tribute to Hiroshima victims and renews call for nuclear disarmament 06-Aug-2018
Events (35)
- Shuri-jô site – UNESCO Online Meeting Reviews Important Progress on Recovery from Fire at World Heritage Property 05-Jun-2020
- Silk Roads Heritage Corridors Management Workshop and Closing Meeting of UNESCO/Japan Funds-in-Trust Project in Almaty, Kazakhstan 26-Jun-2019-28-Jun-2019
- Workshop on mixed site management in the Asia-Pacific 03-Apr-2019-06-May-2019
- 5th Meeting of Coordinating Committee on the serial transnational World Heritage nomination of the Silk Roads 03-Dec-2018-07-Dec-2018
- Workshop for Cultural Landscape and Sustaining its Significance – Bhutan 2017 22-Oct-2017-27-Oct-2017
Japan
Acceptance of the Convention:
Tuesday, 30 June 1992
1993-1999 2003-2007 2011-2015
Source:
Official Relations (UNESCO/ERI)
Japan
UNESCO Country page
Japan
UNESCO Country page
Permanent Delegation of Japan to UNESCO
H.E. Mr Atsuyuki Oike
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary,
Permanent Delegate
www.unesco.emb-japan.go.jp/
Japanese National Commission for UNESCO
www.mext.go.jp/english/unesco/
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