Japan counts 16 World Heritage sites, of which 12 are cultural and 4 natural.
Japan currently has 16 World Heritage-listed sites - 12 cultural and four natural.
With financial support from the Government of Japan through the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund, the working group met at UNESCO Headquarters, Paris on 22 and 23 October 2012 .
With financial support from the Government of Japan through the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund, the working group will meet in UNESCO Headquarters, Paris on 22 and 23 October 2012.
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Today, the dance is a cultural and aesthetic event, connecting townspeople to their agricultural heritage, to Japan's tradition of reliance on rice, and to a group identity transmitted across centuries through folk performance.
The genuine bearers of the world masterpieces from Bangladesh, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Italy, China, Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Mongolia, the Russian Federation, the Philippines and Japan presented their intangible cultural heritage masterpieces during the festival.
Some inclusions on the 2012 World Monuments Watch list have been damaged by natural disasters or neglect, such as heritage sites in eastern Japan, Gothic Revival buildings in New Zealand and the oldest cemetery in Athens, Greece.
Ms Bokova elaborated on cultural cooperation during an address to the Japan Consortium for International Cooperation in Cultural Heritage.
Keynote addresses were delivered by Dr Rufno Mauricio, Secretary of Department of Education of FSM, Prof Kataoka, representing Japan Consortium for International Cooperation in Cultural Heritage (JCIC-Heritage), as well as Wasa Lapalap Isipahu, Nahnmwarki of Madolenihmx, Traditional Chief of the region in which Nan Maol is located.
Kumi Okoe, a Japanese television commentator and fellow at Washington's Heritage Foundation, said every one of Japan's electronic and print media outlets has a team on the campaign trail.
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In Japan, during the celebrations of the 40th anniversary of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention in Hiraizumi, I saw how culture and heritage help to heal the wounds of people affected by disaster.
The Conference was hosted by the Government of Japan in the iconic city of Kyoto, whose region includes some 17 World Heritage sites.
The Director-General was also presented with the "Appeal of Tomorrow's Kyoto Cultural Heritage Platform" by its President Mr. Koichiro Matsuura -- a Platform that was established to ensure the long-term protection of cultural heritage in the city of Kyoto following the earthquake and tsunami that affected Japan in March 2011.
The workshop was jointly organized by the State Secretariat of Art and Culture of the Ministry of Tourism and Culture of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, the Cova Lima District government and UNESCO with support from the Government of Japan through UNESCO Japanese Funds-In-Trust for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage.
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Located in north-east Japan, the 12th-century site, representing the Buddhist Pure Land gained its world heritage status three months after the earthquake and tsunami devastated the surrounding region.
The five episodes were broadcasted in September 2007 in conjunction with a landmark event to be held in Japan, the 2nd Ordinary Session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.
This has been the focus of the ongoing celebration of the 40th anniversary of the 1972 World Heritage Convention and will be the subject of the anniversary celebration scheduled to take place in Kyoto (Japan) in November.
Japan's near-symetrical snow-topped volcano, Mount Fuji, looks likely to become a Unesco World Heritage site, officials say.
This UNESCO-Japan Funds-in-Trust project was designed as a pilot project to accompany the process of revitalising the World Heritage-related site museums and interpretation centres dedicated to archaeological sites of the three countries.
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