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Japan to recommend Christian sites as World Heritage

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in September 2013 shows Sakitsu community in the southwestern Japan city of Amakusa, which the government will recommend as a World Heritage site together with other nearby historic Christian sites.

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Japan abandons bid for World Heritage listing of Christian sites

File photo taken in September 2013 shows the Sakitsu community in Amakusa, Kumamoto Prefecture, where Christians practiced their faith despite a centuries-long ban from the 17th century. The community is one of the 14 churches and other Christian sites in southwestern Japan that the government had sought to list as World Heritage sites. Japan decided on Feb. 9. 2016, to withdraw the request at the urging of a UNESCO panel. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan to recommend Christian sites as World Heritage

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in September 2013 shows Sakitsu community in the southwestern Japan city of Amakusa, which the government will recommend as a World Heritage site together with other nearby historic Christian sites. (Kyodo)

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Japan's "hidden Christian" sites

Tourists visit Sakitsu Church in the Sakitsu district of Amakusa in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 1, 2018, a day after UNESCO decided to add the area and 11 other sites linked to the history of Japan's persecuted Christians to the World Heritage list as the "Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo