World Heritage Seminar, FY 2024, The soft Edges of World Heritage: Buffer Zone and Wider Setting
This is a record of the proceedings from the seminar hosted by TOBUNKEN on November 25, 2024, examining the concept and practice of buffer zones and wider settings in the World Heritage system, which shape the peripheral perception of heritage value. It includes transcriptions of lectures and panel discussions, along with a report on the year's trends concerning the World Heritage,provided by the Agency for Cultural Affairs.
JAPANESE, 73 pages
published in March 2025
Series of instruments for protecting cultural property [29]:España[Spain]
This booklet provides a provisional publication of the fundamental national law—Law 16/1985 of June 25 on Spanish Historic Heritage—as part of a comprehensive collection of legislation on heritage conservation in Spain.
JAPANESE and SPANISH, 76 pages
published in March 2025
Technical Cooperation Project for the Conservation and Sustainable Development of Ta Nei Temple, Angkor - Progress Report of 2022 and 2023 -
This is a summary report of the achievements from 2022 to 2023 of the technical cooperation project for the conservation and sustainable development of Ta Nei Temple, Angkor, conducted jointly by the APSARA Authority of the Cambodian Government and the Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties.
ENGLISH, 180 pages
published in March 2025
Exploring the Ancient Wooden Architecture in Mainland Southeast Asia

This book is a compilation of research results on wooden architecture by the experts who have dedicated themselves to studying the lost ancient buildings and preserving the ancient buildings in the continental region of southeast asia. The contents are based on the reports from a series of symposiums held annually from 2017 to 2020.
JAPANESE, 256 pages, B5
published in March 2025, Kajima Institute Publishing
ISBN 978-4-306-08574-9 C3052
Study on the Conservation and Restoration of Trowel Paintings at the former Kina-Saffron-Shu-Honpo –Research Project on Stucco Decoration and Clay Statues for the FY 2024
This is a report on the research conducted from September to October 2024 on the conservation and restoration of trowel paintings in the storehouse of the former Kina-Saffron-Shu-Honpo, located in Nagaoka City, Niigata Prefecture. The report describes the methods used to reinforce the trowel paintings using inorganic restoration materials and for filling in the missing parts.
JAPANESE, 55 pages
published in March 2025