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Tokyo museum makes World Heritage list

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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 July 17.

The Tokyo museum, the only structure in Japan designed by the renowned architect, was completed in 1959 and dedicated as a symbol of the resumed diplomatic ties between Japan and France following World War II.

It will be the 20th World Heritage site in Japan and the first in central Tokyo. (Kyodo)

国立西洋美術館、世界遺産に

ユネスコの世界遺産委員会は7月17日、東京・上野の国立西洋美術館を含むフランスの建築家ル・コルビュジエ設計の17の建築物を世界文化遺産に登録すると発表した。

The Japan Times ST: August 5, 2016