By MOMOKO JINGU/ Staff Writer
July 28, 2021 at 17:35 JST
The Sannai Maruyama site, one of the Jomon Period ruins found across Hokkaido and the northern Tohoku region, is shown here in Aomori on May 24. The pit dwellings are reproduced. (Ryo Ikeda)
UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee decided on July 27 it will register prehistoric Jomon Period archaeological sites in Hokkaido and the northern Tohoku region to the World Cultural Heritage list. [Read More]
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