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October 27, 2026
 

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WORLD HERITAGE

Entry to the Sangui innermost area of Sefa Utaki is sealed off, with a sign reading “No entry, due to sanctuary preservation and risk of falling rock” in Nanjo, Okinawa Prefecture. This picture was taken with permission from the Nanjo board of education.
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Okinawa
Oct 26, 2026
Premium tour plan to Okinawa sanctuary shelved following local opposition
At the center of the controversy was not only the extravagant price of the tour, but its plan to allow visitors to enter a sacred area.
Hikone Castle in Shiga Prefecture
JAPAN
Sep 4, 2026
Hikone Castle picked as World Heritage candidate
Construction of the castle began in 1604 under the direction of the Tokugawa shogunate. It was completed some 20 years later.
Shohinken, a centuries-old tea house with a garden in the city of Yatsushiro, on July 29
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2026
53 cultural properties damaged by Kumamoto quake
The affected assets include three national treasures and 11 national important cultural properties.
Citizens of Kashihara, Nara Prefecture, celebrate the addition of the Asuka-Fujiwara archaeological sites in Nara Prefecture to the World Heritage List on Sunday.
JAPAN
Jul 26, 2026
91AV原创 Asuka-Fujiwara sites added to UNESCO list
Including natural heritage sites, the total number of World Heritage properties in Japan now stands at 27.
The Doyu no Warito open-cut site, regarded as the symbol of the Sado Island Gold Mines in Sado, Niigata Prefecture
JAPAN
Jul 24, 2026
UNESCO panel urges Japan to improve exhibits at Sado Gold Mines
The UNESCO World Heritage Committee made the request as it adopted a resolution on the conservation status of the gold mines during a meeting in Busan, South Korea.
Cafe owner Takahiro Yamazaki hopes an expected registration of the Asuka-Fujiwara ancient capitals in Nara Prefecture as a UNESCO World Heritage site will give more people a chance to think about Japan's ancient times.
JAPAN / Society
Jul 20, 2026
Nara cafe owner hopeful about ancient capitals’ World Heritage listing
The UNESCO World Heritage Committee’ is deliberating in Busan, South Korea, whether to add the Asuka-Fujiwara ancient capitals to its list of World Heritage sites.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of the 48th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Busan, South Korea, on Sunday.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Jul 20, 2026
U.N. to list more sites as ‘in danger’ from conflict or climate change
Among them are a biblical site, Lebanese castles, an antelope migration path and the world’s deepest lake.
The Sado Island Gold Mines in Niigata Prefecture were registered as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2024.
JAPAN
Jul 16, 2026
UNESCO panel to urge Japan to reform exhibits at gold mines on Sado Island
The draft was compiled based on South Korea’s argument that people from the Korean Peninsula were forced to provide labor at the mining complex during World War II.
The Asuka-Fujiwara archaeological sites in western Japan have been recommended to the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list.
JAPAN
Jun 6, 2026
Asuka-Fujiwara ancient capitals to join World Heritage list
A UNESCO advisory panel has recommended adding the archaeological sites in western Japan to the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list.
Mine-Akiyoshidai, a karst plateau in Yamaguchi Prefecture, has been named 91AV原创 11th UNESCO Global Geopark.
JAPAN
Apr 24, 2026
Karst plateau in western Japan named UNESCO Global Geopark
Mine-Akiyoshidai, in the city of Mine in Yamaguchi Prefecture, is the 11th UNESCO Global Geopark in Japan.
Stains caused by a liquid-like substance were found on the National Treasure Bussokuseki at Yakushiji Temple.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 14, 2026
Police investigate stains found on national treasure at Nara temple
Law enforcement is looking into the case on suspicion of violation of the cultural properties protection law.
Ogasawara Mayor Masaaki Shibuya will meet residents on April 13 to outline his response to a government request on surveying a potential nuclear waste site on Minamitorishima.
JAPAN
Apr 2, 2026
Ogasawara chief to clarify stance on nuclear waste site survey
Some participating residents expressed concerns about the possibility of the facility damaging the environment and causing rumors harmful to the entire Ogasawara Islands.
The Murakami Festival, held in the city of Murakami, Niigata Prefecture, has been added to UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list along with five other items from Japan.
JAPAN
Dec 12, 2025
Six Japanese items added to UNESCO intangible heritage list
Four of the six new items will be registered under the category of “Yama, Hoko, Yatai, float festivals in Japan.”
The open-air bath at Tsurunoyu Hot Springs in Nyuto Onsenkyo, in Semboku, Akita Prefecture
JAPAN / Society
Nov 29, 2025
Kagura and onsen culture to be recommended for UNESCO heritage
A government panel has chosen kagura, a Japanese traditional performing art, and onsen hot spring culture as candidates for UNESCO intangible cultural heritage designation.
Autographed manuscripts from “Fushikaden,” noh master Zeami’s 15th-century treatise on the traditional Japanese theater performances
JAPAN
Nov 25, 2025
Japan to push noh master Zeami’s ‘Fushikaden’ for UNESCO listing
The Executive Board of the U.N. agency is expected to review the bid in spring 2027.
The Rausu mountain range at Hokkaido's Shiretoko National Park. A man in his 20s who went missing after being attacked by a bear while hiking on Mount Rausu has been found dead.
JAPAN
Aug 15, 2025
Hiker missing in Hokkaido after bear attack found dead
The man, in his 20s, went missing after a brown bear attacked him while he was descending a mountain in eastern Hokkaido on Thursday.
Photos of Nazca Line geoglyphs newly discovered by a team of researchers at Yamagata University, on Monday in the city of Osaka
JAPAN
Jul 29, 2025
Japanese researchers discover 248 Nazca Line geoglyphs in Peru
The team conducted field surveys on sites selected from aerial photographs using artificial intelligence.
A Cambodian guide (left) gives an explanation about the exhibit as tourists look at portrait photos of victims of the Khmer Rouge regime at the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 13, 2025
Cambodia marks UNESCO recognition of Khmer Rouge sites as places of ‘peace and reflection’
The Khmer Rouge sites mark Cambodia’s fifth World Heritage listing, and is the country’s first modern-era nomination and among the first globally tied to recent conflict.
Critics of plans to build a condominium on a vacant lot in the Komachi area of Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, argue that valuable relics may be buried beneath the site.
JAPAN
Jul 6, 2025
Development project at historic Kamakura site raises concerns
Citizens and history researchers are urging authorities to halt construction, expressing concerns that valuable relics may be buried beneath the site.
The "kondosotosu" iron knife and pieces of armor, on Thursday in the city of Sakai, Osaka Prefecture
JAPAN
Jun 20, 2025
Japan team finds possible tomb artifacts at nation’s largest ancient tumulus
An iron knife and pieces of armor have been confirmed to be from the keyhole-shaped grave mound, the team said.
Two Japanese climbers die on remote Himalayan peak in Nepal
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two Japanese climbers missing for over a week on a remote Himalayan mountain.
Aging Japanese village turns to Peru in search of new residents
Guests from Peru's Belen district interact with a baby in Nanmoku village in Gunma Prefecture.
Budget-friendly restaurant chain Saizeriya succumbs to rising costs
A Tokyo branch of Saizeriya, a chain of family-style Italian restaurants
U.S. has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine and Middle East, sources say
A Ukrainian soldier sets up a Starlink satellite internet system near the frontline in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Oct. 16
U.S. military bans Chinese-made BYD cars from key air base in Okinawa
An F-22 Raptor lands at Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 9. The base is a crucial hub for U.S. military operations in the region.
A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come
Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.
How this long-term resident avoids the annoying tourist label in Japan
Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
What can Asia do to avoid crossing crucial climate tipping points?
Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia's South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.
91AV原创 permanent residency reform has a glaring blind spot
Japan's immigration reforms risk creating uncertainty by tying permanent residency more closely to language proficiency before clear assessment standards and supporting infrastructure are in place.
Japan weighs how to evacuate thousands of tourists if Mount Fuji erupts
Climbers and visitors gather on the first day of the climbing season at the Fuji Yoshidaguchi Trail, at the fifth station on the slopes of Mount Fuji, in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, on July 1, 2024.

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