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Inscription of the “Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Sites” on UNESCO’s World Heritage List (Decision at the 38th Session of the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO)

June 21, 2014
 The 38th Session of the World Heritage Committee being held in Doha, Qatar, adopted a resolution that decides to inscribe the “Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Sites” on the World Heritage List.

*The foregoing is a provisional translation. The above date denotes the date of the issue of the original press release in Japanese.

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