Japan accepted the UNESCO World Heritage Convention on 30 June 1992. [1] As of July 2021, twenty-five properties have been inscribed on the World Heritage List: twenty cultural sites and five natural sites. [1] A further five sites and one site extension have been submitted for future inscription and are currently on the Tentative List as of 2017. [1]
The Tentative List consists of sites previously nominated, but not yet inscribed.
UNESCO List | Exclusive Entries of Japan | Shared/Multinational Entries Involving Japan | Total |
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UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves | 8 | — | 8 |
UNESCO World Heritage List | 22 | 1 | 23 |
UNESCO Memory of the World Register | 5 | 2 | 7 |
UNESCO Global Geoparks Network | 10 | — | 10 |
UNESCO Creative Cities Network | 8 | — | 8 |
UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists | 24 | — | 24 |
Jōmon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan (北海道・北東北の縄文遺跡群) is a serial UNESCO World Heritage Site consisting of 17 Jōmon-period archaeological sites in Hokkaidō and northern Tōhoku, Japan. The Jōmon period lasted more than 10,000 years, representing "sedentary pre-agricultural lifeways and a complex spiritual culture of prehistoric people".
Biosphere reserves are areas comprising terrestrial, marine and coastal ecosystems. The biosphere reserve title is handed over by UNESCO. Each reserve promotes solutions reconciling the conservation of biodiversity with its sustainable use. Biosphere reserves are 'Science for Sustainability support sites' – special places for testing interdisciplinary approaches to understanding and managing changes and interactions between social and ecological systems, including conflict prevention and management of biodiversity. Biosphere reserves are nominated by national governments and remain under the sovereign jurisdiction of the states where they are located. Their status is internationally recognized.