Southwest Japan islands set to become World Heritage site

Southwest Japan islands set to become World Heritage site

Yasushi Chibana, head of the Okinawa Prefecture village of Kunigami, reacts at the village office on May 10, 2021, after a UNESCO advisory panel recommended that a chain of islands in southwestern Japan with dense subtropical forests be added to the list of natural World Heritage sites.

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