Japan's Iwami silver mine to become World Heritage site

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - A photo taken in May 2007 shows the hot spring resort town of Yunotsu that leads up to the ruins of the 16th-20th century Iwami silver mine at Mt. Sennoyama in the background. A panel of the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization decided on June 28 to put the ruins in Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, on the World Heritage List as a cultural heritage site. (Kyodo)

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