NAGASAKI, Jul 09 (News On Japan) –
Japan’s place on its dealing with of World Cultural Heritage websites, together with Gunkanjima (Battleship Island) in Nagasaki City, has been upheld by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, which rejected South Korea’s demand for a renewed overview of Japan’s efforts.
The web site in query, identified formally because the “Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution,” contains Hashima Island—generally known as Gunkanjima—and was inscribed on the World Cultural Heritage checklist in 2015.
On July seventh, throughout a session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee held in Paris, the South Korean delegation argued that Japan ought to present a extra complete account of the location’s historical past, together with its “negative legacy.” They proposed that the committee reopen the problem and conduct a proper re-examination of Japan’s strategy.
Japan responded by stating that the matter shouldn’t be handled on the committee degree and may as an alternative proceed to be addressed by way of bilateral discussions. A vote was held, and Japan’s place—to deal with the problem by way of two-nation dialogue quite than UNESCO committee intervention—was supported.
Source: FNN