Japan

Mandates to the World Heritage Committee

• 1993 - 1999
• 2003 - 2007

Properties submitted on the Tentative List

• Temples, Shrines and other structures of Ancient Kamakura (1992)
• Hikone-Jo (castle) (1992)
• Historic Monuments and Sites of Hiraizumi (2001)
• The Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Industrial Heritage (2007)
• Ogasawara Islands (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)

News

• Twenty-two new sites inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, and one deleted during Committee meeting in Christchurch Jun 29, 2007
• Paper Series N°12 "The State of World Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (2003)" Apr 4, 2005
• World Heritage Committee to Announce New Sites on December 5 in Kyoto, Japan Nov 25, 1998

Events

• Training Course on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage Aug 30, 2009 - Sep 12, 2009
• Application deadline 14 June: Training Course on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage May 1, 2009 - Jun 14, 2009
• UNITAR Hiroshima Training Workshop Apr 19, 2009 - Apr 24, 2009
• 5th Workshop in the UNITAR Series on the Management and Conservation Mar 30, 2008 - Apr 4, 2008
• Torch-Run Concert for World Heritage May 31, 2007
• UNESCO Regional Workshop on Periodic Reporting Follow-up for North-East and South-East Asia Dec 12, 2005 - Dec 16, 2005

Official Relations (UNESCO/ERC)

• H. E. Mr Tadamichi Yamamoto
  Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Delegate
  Permanent Delegation of Japan to UNESCO
  Web Site: http://www.unesco.emb-japan.go.jp/
  Source: UNESCO/ERC
• Japanese National Commission for UNESCO
  Web Site: http://www.mext.go.jp/english/unesco/
  Source: UNESCO/ERC

Other sources of information within UNESCO

• UNESCO Worldwide (UNESCO/BPI)
• Intangible Cultural Heritage (UNESCO/CLT/ITH)
• Cultural Heritage Laws Database (UNESCO/CLT/NATLAWS)
• Ratified Convention (UNESCO/LA)
• Biosphere Reserves (UNESCO/SC)
• Documents & Publications (UNESCO/UNESDOC)

Other sources of information

• UNDATA Country Profiles
• FAO Country Profiles (FAO)