Shizuoka governor gets Mt. Fuji's world heritage certificate

TOKYO, Japan - Shizuoka Governor Heita Kawakatsu (L) receives a replica of UNESCO's certificate to register Mt. Fuji as a World Cultural Heritage site from Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo on April 21, 2014.

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