Le Corbusier-designed Tokyo museum to be on World Heritage list

TOKYO, Japan, July 17 Kyodo - File photo taken in June 2009 shows the National Museum of Western Art in Tokyo's Ueno Park, one of 17 buildings in seven countries designed by the Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier that the UNESCO World Heritage Committee decided on July 17, 2016 to add to the World Heritage list.

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