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Industrial sites endorsed for World Heritage listing

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A UNESCO advisory panel has recommended listing Japan's "Sites of the Meiji Industrial Revolution" as a World Heritage site, the Cultural Affairs Agency said May 4.

The endorsement covers all 23 facilities in eight prefectures proposed by the government as representing the country's industrialization in the late 19th to early 20th centuries, the agency said.

The move paves the way for a formal decision for listing of the historical sites at a meeting of the World Heritage Committee that is slated for June 28 in Bonn, Germany. (Kyodo)

明治の産業革命施設、世界文化遺産へ

ユネスコの諮問機関が、幕末から明治期の日本の近代化を示す23施設を世界文化遺産に登録するよう勧告したと、文化庁が5月4日に発表した。

The Japan Times ST: May 15, 2015