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August 6, 2025
The articles related to UNESCO
2024
- Inscription of “Traditional knowledge and skills of sake-making with koji mold in Japan” on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (Statement by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi) (December 5, 2024)
- Inscription of “Traditional knowledge and skills of sake-making with koji mold in Japan” on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (December 5, 2024)
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister Ms. IKUINA’s visit to Sado City, Niigata Prefecture (November 25, 2024)
- Statement by the Japanese Delegation on the occasion of the deliberation of “Sado Island Gold Mines” at the 46th Session of the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO (July 27, 2024)
- The inscription of "Sado Island Gold Mines" on the World Heritage List (Statement by Foreign Minister KAMIKAWA Yoko) (July 27, 2024)
- Inscription of the “Sado Island Gold Mines” on the World Heritage List (Decision at the 46th Session of the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO) (July 27, 2024)
2023
2022
- Inscription of “Furyu-odori: Ritual Dances Imbued with People’s Hopes and Prayers” on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (Statement by Foreign Minister HAYASHI Yoshimasa) (November 30, 2022)
- Inscription of “Furyu-odori: Ritual Dances Imbued with People’s Hopes and Prayers” on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (November 30, 2022)
2021
- The inscription of "Jomon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan" on World Heritage List (Statement by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu) (July 27, 2021)
- Inscription of “Jomon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan” on the World Heritage List (Decision at the Extended 44th Session of the World Heritage Committee) (July 27, 2021)
- The inscription of "Amami-Oshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, the Northern part of Okinawa Island and Iriomote Island" on World Heritage List (Statement by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu) (July 26, 2021)
- Inscription of “Amami-Oshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, the Northern part of Okinawa Island and Iriomote Iseland” on the World Heritage List (Decision at the Extended 44th Session of the World Heritage Committe) (July 26, 2021)
2020
- Inscription of “Traditional skills, techniques and knowledge for the conservation and transmission of wooden architecture in Japan” on the UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (Statement by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu) (December 17, 2020)
- Result of the examination on “Traditional skills, techniques and knowledge for the conservation and transmission of wooden architecture in Japan“ (at the 15th Session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage) (December 17, 2020)
- Meeting with the Director-General of the UNESCO (October 1, 2020)
- Signing of Exchange of Notes concerning Cultural Grant Assistance to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (February 26, 2020)
- The archives of contributions and interviews prior to 2019 are available on the website of the National Diet Library's Web Archiving Project.
The articles related to UNU
2025
2024
2023
- Courtesy Call on Foreign Minister KAMIKAWA by Prof. Tshilidzi Marwala, Rector of the United Nations University (UNU) (November 21, 2023)
- Courtesy Call on Foreign Minister HAYASHI by Prof. Tshilidzi Marwala, Rector of the UNU (March 14, 2023)
- Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on Prof. Tshilidzi Marwala's Assumption of Office as the Rector of the United Nations University (March 1, 2023)