Japan to return preserved cultural assets to Afghanistan

Ryohei Miyata (L), head of Japan's Foundation for Cultural Heritage and Art Research, and Ahmad Bashir Ghafoori, first secretary at the Afghan Embassy in Japan, attend a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 5, 2015. Miyata said that the foundation will return 102 cultural properties it has preserved to Afghanistan in 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo