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Meiji industrial sites endorsed for World Heritage listing

2015-05-05 06:02:14| Steel - Topix.net

The former main office building of the state-run Yahata steelworks, which stands in Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp.'s plant in Yahata, Fukuoka Prefecture, is one of 23 facilities forming the 'Sites of the Meiji Industrial Revolution,' which a UNESCO panel has endorsed for World Heritage status. 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 Monday.

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