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Japan's Hinuma lake designated as Ramsar Site

Yoshinori Shiba (R), vice mayor of Ibaraki Town, receives a Ramsar Site certificate from Christopher Briggs, secretary general of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, in Punta del Este, Uruguay, on June 3, 2015. Lake Hinuma in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, has been added to the List of Wetlands of International Importance: The Ramsar List. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Hinuma lake designated as Ramsar Site

Hokota Mayor Yasuhei Onizawa (R) receives a Ramsar Site certificate from Christopher Briggs, secretary general of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, in Punta del Este, Uruguay, on June 3, 2015. Lake Hinuma in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, has been added to the List of Wetlands of International Importance: The Ramsar List. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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4 more Japan sites given certificates of wetland preservation

The leaders of Japanese communities pose for photos with Christopher Briggs (5th from L), secretary general of the Ramsar Convention, in Punta del Este, Uruguay, on June 3, 2015. Certificates of the preservation of wetlands were issued under an international treaty to four more sites in Japan: Yoshigadaira, Hinuma, Higashiyoka and Hizen-Kashima, bringing the total number of Ramsar Convention-registered sites in Japan to 50. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo