UNESCO formally names Mt. Fuji as World Heritage site

UNESCO formally names Mt. Fuji as World Heritage site

LAKE YAMANAKA, Japan - Photo shows a swan fluttering its wings on Lake Yamanaka in Yamanashi Prefecture and Mt. Fuji on the night of June 22, 2013. The World Heritage Committee of UNESCO decided the same day to inscribe Japan's iconic mountain on the U.N. agency's prestigious World Heritage List.

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