Japan picks 5 more candidate World Cultural Heritage sites

Japan picks 5 more candidate World Cultural Heritage sites

TOKYO, Japan - This undated photo shows the Sannai Maruyama settlement site in Aomori Prefecture, one of a group of prehistoric Jomon monuments in Hokkaido and the northern Tohoku region. The Japanese government said Sept. 26 that it has picked the group and four other places as candidates for cultural heritage status on UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites.

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