The UNESCO Tehran Office will lead the project in collaboration with the Natural Environment and Biodiversity Division of ...

With 25 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Japan is ideal for those who like to explore the historical and environmental aspects of ...

A climber airlifted from near the peak of Japan's Mount Fuji last week was rescued again just four days later after returning ...

Police in Japan say that climber who was airlifted with altitude sickness from near the peak of Japan’s Mount Fuji last week ...

Funded by Japan, the project’s document was signed on Monday by Ieng Srong, the head of the UNESCO Tehran Office, and Arman Khorsand, the head of the international affairs and conventions office of ...

UNESCO's executive board on Thursday added Buddhist scriptures kept at Tokyo's Zojoji Temple to its Memory of the World register, making it the ninth Japanese inscription. The series of some ...

This photo shows a portion of a sutra repository at Buddhist temple Zojoji in Tokyo, Japan in November 2021. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A UNESCO committee on Thursday did not list a collection of ...

It is part of the series "Lisa’s UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Japan," which depicts various sites of outstanding universal value across the country through the perspective of the author ...

Tokyo, April 17 (Jiji Press)--UNESCO's executive board on Thursday added Buddhist scriptures kept at Tokyo's Zojoji Temple to its Memory of the World register, making it the ninth Japanese ...

Sake has fueled many joyous and commemorative occasions in Japan. Now, it has provided another reason to celebrate. UNESCO on Dec. 4 registered the “traditional knowledge and skills of sake ...